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Survival vs Longevity - What's the difference?

survival | longevity |

As nouns the difference between survival and longevity

is that survival is the fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life while longevity is the quality of being long-lasting, especially of life.

survival

Noun

  • The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.
  • His survival in the open ocean was a miracle; he had fully expected to die.
  • (as a modifier ) Of, relating to or aiding survival.
  • His survival kit had all the things he needed in the wilderness.
  • (sports) The avoidance of relegation or demotion to a lower league or division.
  • * 2000 , Dan Goldstein, The Rough Guide to English Football: A Fans' Handbook 2000-2001 :
  • "...a team that have turned snatching relegation from the jaws of top-flight survival into an art form..."
  • * 2013 , , How Football Saved My Life , page 139:
  • "Before you know it, you find yourself flirting around the relegation places and the season becomes a battle for survival ."

    Derived terms

    * survival value * survival analysis * survival rate * survival skill * survival kit * survivalism * survival of the fittest

    longevity

    English

    Noun

    (longevities)
  • The quality of being long-lasting, especially of life
  • Grandfather had incredible longevity — he lived to be 105 years old!

    Synonyms

    * permanence