Steadfast vs Riveted - What's the difference?
steadfast | riveted | Related terms |
Fixed or unchanging; steady.
Firmly loyal or constant; unswerving.
(rivet)
A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
(figuratively) any fixed point or certain basis
(obsolete) a light kind of footman's armour (back-formation from almain-rivet)
to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
to install rivets
to command the attention of.
* 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
As an adjective steadfast
is fixed or unchanging; steady.As a verb riveted is
past tense of rivet.steadfast
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Alternative forms
* stedfast (obsolete)Adjective
(en-adj)Derived terms
* steadfastly * steadfastnessriveted
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Verb
(head)rivet
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(wikipedia rivet)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* rivet counter * pop rivetVerb
- The furnishings and other contents of the room it was which riveted his attention. He examined many things minutely--strange tools and weapons, books, paper, clothing-- what little had withstood the ravages of time in the humid atmosphere of the jungle coast.