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Tenacy vs Toughness - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between tenacy and toughness

is that tenacy is (obsolete) tenaciousness; obstinacy while toughness is (uncountable) the state of being tough.

tenacy

English

Noun

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  • (obsolete) Tenaciousness; obstinacy.
    • (Barrow)
    (Webster 1913)

    toughness

    English

    (wikipedia toughness)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (uncountable) The state of being tough
  • (physics, of a metal) Resistance to fracture when stressed
  • A formidable difficulty

    • Derived terms

    * graph toughness

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