What is the difference between persist and persevere?
persist | persevere |
To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
To repeat an utterance.
To continue to exist.
(computing) To cause to persist; make permanent.
* 2006 , Marco Bellinaso, ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming
* 2009 , Alistair Croll, Sean Power, Complete Web Monitoring
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":
Persevere is a synonym of persist.
As verbs the difference between persist and persevere
is that persist is to go on stubbornly or resolutely while persevere is to persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.persist
English
Verb
(en verb)- This would not be saved after his session terminates because we don't have an actual user identity to allow us to persist the settings.
- While hashtags aren't formally part of Twitter, some clients, such as Tweetdeck, will persist hashtags across replies to create a sort of message threading.
Synonyms
* (go on stubbornly or resolutely) persevere, see also * (continue to exist) last, remainDerived terms
* persistence / persistency * persistentSee also
(cognate terms using -sist) * absist * assist * consist * desist * exist * insist * resist * subsistAnagrams
*persevere
English
Alternative forms
* 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 .