Survive vs Succumb - What's the difference?
survive | succumb |
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.
* Shakespeare
* 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , X:
To live past a life-threatening event.
(sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.
(lb) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 21
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, title=Fulham 0 - 5 Man Utd
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(lb) To give up, or give in.
(lb) To die.
As verbs the difference between survive and succumb
is that survive is of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive while succumb is (lb) to yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.survive
English
Verb
(surviv)- His children survived''' him; he was '''survived by his children.
- I'll assure her of / Her widowhood, be it that she survive me, / In all my lands and leases whatsoever.
- ‘I am afraid, as will happen in other cases, the treaty of alliance has survived the amicable dispositions in which it had its origin.’
- He did not survive the accident.
Synonyms
* (l) * (live longer than) outliveAntonyms
* (live longer than) predeceaseExternal links
* *Anagrams
* ----succumb
English
Verb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=Jones was called into action to deny Ruiz with a fine tackle before succumbing to his injury.}}