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Survival vs Persistence - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between survival and persistence

is that survival is the fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life while persistence is the property of being persistent.

survival

English

(wikipedia 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

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    persistence

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The property of being persistent.
    • You've got to admire his persistence . He's asked her out every day for a month even though she keeps turning him down.
  • (computer science) Of data, continuing to exist after the execution of the program.
    • Once written to a disk file, the data has persistence : it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program.
  • (meteorology) Continuation of the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics).

    • Synonyms

    * persistency * See also * See also