different between perseverance vs relentless

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

Etymology

relent +? -less

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???l?ntl?s/

Adjective

relentless (comparative more relentless, superlative most relentless)

1. Unrelenting or unyielding in severity.
2. Unremitting, steady and persistent.
   • 2016 January 31, "Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton’s Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?," Vanity Fair (retrieved 21 January 2016):

     In Clintonworld, the reaction to Grassley’s relentless assault on Huma is one of resignation.

Derived terms

• relentlessness

Translations