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Persistence vs Precedence - What's the difference?

persistence | precedence |

As nouns the difference between persistence and precedence

is that persistence is the property of being persistent while precedence is the state of preceding in importance or priority.

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

    precedence

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state of preceding in importance or priority.
    • Family takes precedence over work, in an emergency.

    Derived terms

    * order of precedence