different between perseverance vs prevailing

English

Alternative forms

• perseveraunce (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French perseverance, from Latin perseverantia

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??s??v????ns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?s??v???ns/
• Rhymes: -????ns
• Hyphenation: per?se?ve?rance

Noun

perseverance (usually uncountable, plural perseverances)

1. Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:perseverance

   • 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

     It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush.

Related terms

• persevere
• perseverance of the saints
• perseverant

Translations

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French perseverance

Noun

perseverance f (uncountable)

1. perseverance

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /p???ve?.l??/
• Rhymes: -e?l??

Adjective

prevailing (comparative more prevailing, superlative most prevailing)

1. Predominant; of greatest force.
2. Prevalent, common, widespread.

Synonyms

• (prevalent, common, widespread): pervasive, ubiquitous; see also Thesaurus:widespread

Translations

Verb

prevailing

1. present participle of prevail