different between industrious vs perseverant

English

Etymology

From Middle French industrieux, from Late Latin industriosus (“diligent, active, industrious”), from Latin industria (“diligence, industry”); see industry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?d?st?i.?s/

Adjective

industrious (comparative more industrious, superlative most industrious)

1. Hard-working and persistent.
   • 1941, Ogden Nash, "The ant", in The Face is Familiar, Garden City Publishing Company, page 224.

     The ant has made himself illustrious / Through constant industry industrious. / So what? / Would you be calm and placid / If you were full of formic acid?

   I was very industrious in my effort to learn unicycle riding.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:industrious

Antonyms

• lazy

Derived terms

• industriousness

Related terms

• industrial
• industry
• industriousness

Translations

Further reading

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

English

Alternative forms

• perseveraunt (obsolete)
• perseverent

Etymology

From Middle English perseveraunt, from Middle French perseverant, from Latin persev?r?ns, present participle of persev?r?.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p?s??v???nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p?s??v????nt/
• Hyphenation: per?se?ve?rant

Adjective

perseverant (comparative more perseverant, superlative most perseverant)

1. Enduring; persistent, resistant.

Translations

Catalan

Verb

perseverant

1. present participle of perseverar

Latin

Verb

persev?rant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of persev?r?