different between nitpick vs persist

English

Etymology

From nit +? pick, originally referring to literally removing invisibly tiny louse eggs by hand.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t.p?k/

Verb

nitpick (third-person singular simple present nitpicks, present participle nitpicking, simple past and past participle nitpicked)

1. (figuratively) To correct minutiae or find fault in unimportant details.

   Synonyms: cavil, flyspeck
2. (archaic, literally) To pick nits (lice eggs) from someone’s hair. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Related terms

• nitpicker
• nit-picking
• nitpickish
• nitpicky

Translations

See also

• quibble
• split hairs

English

Etymology

From Middle French persister (Modern French persister), from Latin persistere, from per- + sistere (“to stand”)

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??s?st/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??s?st/
• Rhymes: -?st
• Hyphenation: per?sist

Verb

persist (third-person singular simple present persists, present participle persisting, simple past and past participle persisted)

1. (intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
2. (intransitive) To repeat an utterance.
3. (intransitive) To continue to exist.
4. (intransitive, copulative, obsolete) To continue to be; to remain.
5. (computing, transitive) To cause to persist; make permanent.
   • 2006, Marco Bellinaso, ASP.NET 2.0 Website Programming

     This would not be saved after his session terminates because we don't have an actual user identity to allow us to persist the settings.

   • 2009, Alistair Croll, Sean Power, Complete Web Monitoring

     While hashtags aren't formally part of Twitter, some clients, such as Tweetdeck, will persist hashtags across replies to create a sort of message threading.

Synonyms

• (go on stubbornly or resolutely): persevere; See also Thesaurus:persevere
• (continue to exist): last, remain; See also Thesaurus:persist

Related terms

• persistence / persistency
• persistent

Translations

See also

Anagrams

• Prestis, Sprites, priests, respits, sitreps, spriest, sprites, stirpes, stripes