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Survive vs Nonsurvival - What's the difference?

survive | nonsurvival |

As a verb survive

is of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.

As an adjective nonsurvival is

not of or pertaining to survival.

As a noun nonsurvival is

failure to survive.

survive

English

Verb

(surviv)
  • Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
  • Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
  • To live longer than; to outlive.
    • His children survived''' him; he was '''survived by his children.
  • * Shakespeare
    • I'll assure her of / Her widowhood, be it that she survive me, / In all my lands and leases whatsoever.
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , X:
    • ‘I am afraid, as will happen in other cases, the treaty of alliance has survived the amicable dispositions in which it had its origin.’
  • To live past a life-threatening event.
    • He did not survive the accident.
  • (sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.

    • Synonyms

    * (l) * (live longer than) outlive

    Antonyms

    * (live longer than) predecease

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    nonsurvival

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not of or pertaining to survival.
  • * 1988 , Louis G. Lombardi, Moral analysis: foundations, guides, and applications (page 96)
    • We not only kill (harvest) wheat for food but also kill (chop down) trees for nonsurvival needs, such as paper.

    Noun

    (-)
  • Failure to survive.
  • * 1978 , Dennis Austin, Politics in Africa (page 22)
    • Once again, therefore, there is no simple relationship between mass-populist versus elite-dominated regimes and survival versus nonsurvival .