Viability vs Survive - What's the difference?
viability | survive |
the property of being viable; the ability to live or to succeed
* 1904, Hugo DeVries, Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
* 1980, Jimmy Carter, State of the Union Address
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.
As a noun viability
is the property of being viable; the ability to live or to succeed.As a verb survive is
of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.viability
English
(wikipedia viability)Noun
(-)- Ordinarily these altered organs are sterile, but in some instances a very small quantity of seed is produced, and when testing their viability I succeeded in raising a few plants from them.
- In making its grants the Endowment will increase its emphasis on techniques which stimulate support for the humanities from non-Federal sources, in order to reinforce our tradition of private philanthropy in this field, and to insure and expand the financial, viability of our cultural institutions and life.
Usage notes
* Viability is a false friend in Italian, and it does not mean "".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.