Persistence vs Chronic - What's the difference?
persistence | chronic |
The property of being persistent.
(computer science) Of data, continuing to exist after the execution of the program.
(meteorology) Continuation of the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics).
Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=8 (label) Prolonged or slow to heal.
Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.
Inveterate or habitual.
(label) Very bad, awful.
(label) Extremely serious.
(label) Good, great, as in "wicked".
(slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.
(medicine) A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.
As nouns the difference between persistence and chronic
is that persistence is the property of being persistent while chronic is (slang) marijuana, typically of high quality.As an adjective chronic is
of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.persistence
English
Noun
(en noun)- You've got to admire his persistence . He's asked her out every day for a month even though she keeps turning him down.
- Once written to a disk file, the data has persistence : it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program.
Synonyms
* persistency * See also * See alsochronic
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Alternative forms
* chronick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}