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Steadfast vs Persever - What's the difference?

steadfast | persever |

As an adjective steadfast

is fixed or unchanging; steady.

As a verb persever is

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steadfast

English

Alternative forms

* stedfast (obsolete)

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Fixed or unchanging; steady.
  • Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving.

    • Derived terms

    * steadfastly * steadfastness

    persever

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • * 1623 , , III.7
    • Instruct my daughter how she shall persever , / That time and place with this deceit so lawful / May prove coherent.
  • * 1633 , , "Heaven", The English Poems of George Herbert . C. A. Patrides, ed. London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1974. Repr. 1991. 191
    • Light, joy, and leisure; but shall they persever ? / Echo. Ever.
    (Webster 1913)