Steadfast vs Persevere - What's the difference?
steadfast | persevere |
Fixed or unchanging; steady.
Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving.
To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.
* 1606 , , King Lear , act 3, scene 5:
* 1817 , , Persuasion , ch. 1:
* , "The Agonies of Writing a Musical Comedy":
As an adjective steadfast
is fixed or unchanging; steady.As a verb persevere is
to persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.steadfast
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* stedfast (obsolete)Adjective
(en-adj)Derived terms
* steadfastly * steadfastnesspersevere
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* perservereVerb
(persever)- I will persevere in
- my course of loyalty, though the conflict be sore
- between that and my blood.
- Sir Walter had sought the acquaintance, and though his overtures had not been met with any warmth, he had persevered in seeking it.
- He is a trifle discouraged, but he perseveres .