different between enduring vs incorruptible

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

Alternative forms

• incorruptable, uncorruptible, uncorruptable

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French incorruptible, from Latin incorruptibilis. Surface analysis: in- +? corruptible.

Adjective

incorruptible (comparative more incorruptible, superlative most incorruptible)

1. Incapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.

   Synonym: unbribable

   Antonym: corruptible

2. Not subject to corruption or decay.
   • a. 1737, William Wake, Genuine Epistles of the Apostolic Fathers

     Let us run in the straight road the race that is incorruptible

Translations

Noun

incorruptible (plural incorruptibles)

1. (Christianity) A person whose body does not decompose after death, a sign of holiness.
2. (historical) One of an ancient religious sect of Alexandria, whose adherents believed that the body of Christ was incorruptible, and that he suffered hunger, thirst, and pain only in appearance.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incorruptibilis. Synchronically analysable as in- +? corruptible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.k?.?yp.tibl/

Adjective

incorruptible (plural incorruptibles)

1. incorruptible

Further reading

• “incorruptible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Adjective

incorruptible (plural incorruptibles)

1. incorruptible