different between perpetually vs perpetuity

English

Etymology

perpetual +? -ly

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??p?t?u?li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??p?t???li/, /p??p?tj??li/
• Hyphenation: per?pet?u?al?ly

Adverb

perpetually (comparative more perpetually, superlative most perpetually)

1. Seeming to never end; endlessly; constantly.

Synonyms

• ceaselessly, incessantly, nonstop; see also Thesaurus:continuously

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English perpetuitee, perpetuite, perpetuyte, from Old French perpetüité, ultimately from Latin perpetuit?s.

Noun

perpetuity (countable and uncountable, plural perpetuities)

1. (uncountable) The quality or state of being perpetual; endless duration; uninterrupted existence.
2. (countable) Something that is perpetual.
3. (countable, law) A limitation intended to be unalterable and of indefinite duration; a disposition of property which attempts to make it inalienable beyond certain limits fixed or conceived as being fixed by the general law.
4. (countable, finance) An annuity in which the periodic payments begin on a fixed date and continue indefinitely.

Synonyms

• (quality or state of being perpetual): endlessness, eternity; see also Thesaurus:endlessness or Thesaurus:eternity

Translations

See also

• perpetuity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Perpetuity in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

References

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