Persist vs Strive - What's the difference?
persist | strive |
To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
To repeat an utterance.
To continue to exist.
(computing) To cause to persist; make permanent.
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To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest.
* Denham
To vie; to compete as a rival.
* Milton
As verbs the difference between persist and strive
is that persist is to go on stubbornly or resolutely while strive is to try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.As a noun strive is
an effort; a striving.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
*strive
English
Verb
- He strove to excel.
- to strive against fate
- to strive for the truth
- Now private pity strove with public hate, / Reason with rage, and eloquence with fate.
- [Not] that sweet grove / Of Daphne, by Orontes and the inspired / Castalian spring, might with this paradise / Of Eden strive .