Endure vs Tolerant - What's the difference?
endure | tolerant |
To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.
To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
To last.
* Bible, Job viii. 15
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
* Bible, Ezekiel xxii. 14
To suffer patiently.
* {{quote-news
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(obsolete) To indurate.
tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something
tending to withstand or survive
As a verb endure
is to continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.As an adjective tolerant is
tending to permit, allow, understand, or accept something.endure
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Alternative forms
* enduer (obsolete) * indure (obsolete)Verb
- The singer's popularity endured for decades.
- Our love will endure forever.
- He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure .
- Can thine heart endure , or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee?
- He endured years of pain.
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Synonyms
* (l)References
* ----tolerant
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Adjective
(en adjective)- He's pretty tolerant of different political views, but don't ask him about religion.
- These plants are tolerant of drought and sunlight.