different between enduring vs devoted

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?d????/, /?n?d???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?dj?????/, /?n?dj?????/
• Rhymes: -?????
• Hyphenation: en?dur?ing

Adjective

enduring (comparative more enduring, superlative most enduring)

1. Long-lasting without significant alteration; continuing through time in the same relative state.

Synonyms

• diuturnal, prolonged; see also Thesaurus:lasting

Related terms

durativeendureperduring

Translations

Verb

enduring

1. present participle of endure

Noun

enduring (plural endurings)

1. endurance

Anagrams

• rudening, unringed

English

Etymology

From devote +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??v??t?d/

Verb

devoted

1. simple past tense and past participle of devote

Adjective

devoted (comparative more devoted, superlative most devoted)

1. Vowed; dedicated; consecrated.
2. Strongly emotionally attached; very fond of someone or something.

   Bob and Sara are devoted to their children.

3. Zealous; characterized by devotion.
4. (obsolete) Cursed; doomed.
   • 1824, James Hogg, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Oxford 2010, p. 31:

     The attendance of that brother was now become like the attendance of a demon on some devoted being that had sold himself to destruction […].

   • 1828, Washington Irving, A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus, book 1:

     They had recently considered themselves devoted men, hurrying forwards to destruction; they now looked upon themselves as favorites of fortune, and gave themselves up to the most unbounded joy.

Derived terms

• devotedly
• devotedness

Translations