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Sustainability vs Longevity - What's the difference?

sustainability | longevity |

As nouns the difference between sustainability and longevity

is that sustainability is the ability to sustain something while longevity is the quality of being long-lasting, especially of life.

sustainability

English

(wikipedia sustainability)

Noun

  • 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.

    • Related terms

    * sustain * sustainable * sustenance

    Antonyms

    * unsustainability

    longevity

    English

    Noun

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

    Related terms

    * longevous

    Synonyms

    * permanence