Persistently vs Constantly - What's the difference?
persistently | constantly |
In a persistent manner.
:The small girl was persistently requesting her father to buy her the doll.
(archaic) With steadfastness; with resolve; in loyalty, faithfully.
* , I.iv.1:
In a constant manner; occurring continuously; persistently.
(frequency) Recurring regularly.
In an unchangeable or invariable manner; in every case.
As adverbs the difference between persistently and constantly
is that persistently is in a persistent manner while constantly is with steadfastness; with resolve; in loyalty, faithfully.persistently
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Adverb
(en adverb)References
* *constantly
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Alternative forms
* constantlie * constauntlyAdverb
(en adverb)- Agrippa and the rest of his weeping friends earnestly besought himnot to offer violence unto himself, ‘with a settled resolution he desired again they would approve of his good intent, and not seek to dehort him from it’; and so constantly died.
- I find that I am constantly reminding you to feed your pets.