Survival vs Sustainability - What's the difference?
survival | sustainability |
The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.
(as a modifier ) Of, relating to or aiding survival.
(sports) The avoidance of relegation or demotion to a lower league or division.
* 2000 , Dan Goldstein,
* 2013 , , How Football Saved My Life , page 139:
The ability to sustain something.
(ecology) A means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society, its members and its economies are able to meet their needs and express their greatest potential in the present, while preserving biodiversity and natural ecosystems, planning and acting for the ability to maintain these ideals for future generations.
As nouns the difference between survival and sustainability
is that survival is the fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life while sustainability is the ability to sustain something.survival
English
(wikipedia survival)Noun
- His survival in the open ocean was a miracle; he had fully expected to die.
- His survival kit had all the things he needed in the wilderness.
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..."
- "Before you know it, you find yourself flirting around the relegation places and the season becomes a battle for survival ."