different between dwell vs endure

English

Etymology

From Middle English dwellen (“delay, hinder, detain; linger, remain”), from Old English dwellan (“to mislead, deceive; be led into error, stray”), from Proto-Germanic *dwaljan? (“to hold up, delay; hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?welH- (“to whirl, swirl, blur, obfuscate”), which is cognate with Old Norse dvelja and related to Proto-Germanic *dwelan? (“to go astray”), which underwent semantic change in its descendants. Cognates include Danish dvæle (“to linger, dwell”) and Swedish dväljas (“to dwell, reside”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: dw?l, IPA^(key): /dw?l/

• Rhymes: -?l

Noun

dwell (plural dwells)

1. (engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
2. (engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
3. (electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.
4. (automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow through the ignition coil in between each spark. This is measured as an angle in degrees around the camshaft in the distributor which controls the points, for example in a 4-cylinder engine it might be 55° (spark at 90° intervals, points closed for 55° between each).

Verb

dwell (third-person singular simple present dwells, present participle dwelling, simple past and past participle dwelt or (mostly US) dwelled)

1. (intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
   • 1622, Henry Peacham (Jr.), The Compleat Gentleman

     I am fully resolved to go dwell in another house.

   • 1871, Charles John Smith, Synonyms Discriminated: A Complete Catalogue of Synonymous Words in the English Language

     The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides.

2. (intransitive) To linger (on) a particular thought, idea etc.; to remain fixated (on).
3. (intransitive, engineering) To be in a given state.
4. (intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue.
   • 1802, William Wordsworth, Milton!-

     Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart.

Synonyms

• (live, reside): See also Thesaurus:reside

Derived terms

• bedwell
• indwell

Related terms

• dwelling
• dwell on, dwell upon

Translations

See also

• abide
• live
• reside
• stay

References

• dwell in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• dwell in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Maltese

Etymology

From Italian duello, from Latin duellum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dw?ll/

Noun

dwell m (plural dwellijiet or dwelli)

1. duel

Derived terms

• ddwella

English

Alternative forms

• enduer (obsolete)
• indure (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English enduren, from Old French endurer, from Latin ind?r? (“to make hard”). Displaced Old English dr?ogan, which survives dialectally as dree.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?dj???(?)/, /?n?dj??(?)/, /?n?d?????(?)/, /?n?d????(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?d(j)??/
• Rhymes: -??(r)

Verb

endure (third-person singular simple present endures, present participle enduring, simple past and past participle endured)

1. (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.

   The singer's popularity endured for decades.

2. (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
3. (intransitive) To last.

   Our love will endure forever.
4. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
5. (transitive) To suffer patiently.

   He endured years of pain.
6. (obsolete) To indurate.

Synonyms

• (to continue despite obstacles): carry on, plug away; See also Thesaurus:persevere
• (to tolerate something): bear, thole, take; See also Thesaurus:tolerate
• (to last): go on, hold on, persist; See also Thesaurus:persist
• (to remain firm): resist, survive, withstand
• (to suffer patiently): accept, thole, withstand
• (to indurate):

Related terms

• endurance
• enduring
• enduro
• duress

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “endure”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• durene, enduer, enured, reuned

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.dy?/

Verb

endure

1. first-person singular present indicative of endurer
2. third-person singular present indicative of endurer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of endurer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of endurer
5. second-person singular imperative of endurer

Anagrams

• rendue