Prevailing vs Persisting - What's the difference?
prevailing | persisting |
Predominant; of greatest force.
* '', reprinted in 1797, John Bell, ''Bell's British Theatre , Volume 33,
* 1807 , , The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner ,
* 1826 , , House of Commons Papers , Volume 17,
Prevalent, common, widespread.
* 1829 , James Annesley, Sketches of the Most Prevalent Diseases of India ,
* 1832 , David Brewster, Spain'', entry in ''The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia , Volume 17,
* 1940 , Australian Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 33 - 1940 ,
As verbs the difference between prevailing and persisting
is that prevailing is while persisting is .As an adjective prevailing
is predominant; of greatest force.prevailing
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The prevailing opinion was for additional planning time.
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- He has a humour more prevailing than his curiosity, and will willingly dispense with the hearing of one scandalous story, to avoid giving an occasion to make another, by being seen to walk with his wife.
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- and as merciful coun?els are mo?t prevailing when earne?tly pre??ed, ?o I got them to be of the ?ame opinion as to clemency.
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- I have heard generally that alderman Archer has a more prevailing and powerful influence in the commons than any other alderman, and exercises that influence ;
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- Fever'' and ''dysentery are the most prevailing diseases in this division, more particularly the latter, which is one of the most destructive amongst the troops in India, and particularly so in the European constitution.
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- One of the most prevailing defects in this people is their invincible indolence, and hatred of labour, which has, at all times, paralysed the government of their best princes, and impeded the success of their most brilliant enterprises.
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- In Sydney at 9 am, by far the most prevailing wind is a westerly, particularly during the colder two-thirds of the year.
