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Persevere vs Persistence - What's the difference?

persevere | persistence |

As a verb persevere

is .

As a noun persistence is

the property of being persistent.

persevere

English

Alternative forms

* perservere

Verb

(persever)
  • 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:
    • I will persevere in
    my course of loyalty, though the conflict be sore
    between that and my blood.
  • * 1817 , , Persuasion , ch. 1:
    • Sir Walter had sought the acquaintance, and though his overtures had not been met with any warmth, he had persevered in seeking it.
  • * , "The Agonies of Writing a Musical Comedy":
    • He is a trifle discouraged, but he perseveres .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * perseverance * perseverant

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    persistence

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The property of being persistent.
    • You've got to admire his persistence . He's asked her out every day for a month even though she keeps turning him down.
  • (computer science) Of data, continuing to exist after the execution of the program.
    • Once written to a disk file, the data has persistence : it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program.
  • (meteorology) Continuation of the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics).

    • Synonyms

    * persistency * See also * See also