different between perseverance vs tenacious
perseverance
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)
- 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)
- perseverance
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tenacious
English
Etymology
From Latin ten?x (“holding fast, clinging”), from ten?re (“to hold”) +? -ious.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??ne???s/
- Rhymes: -e???s
- Hyphenation: tena?cious
Adjective
tenacious (comparative more tenacious, superlative most tenacious)
- Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
- Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.
- Holding together; cohesive.
- Having a good memory; retentive.
Synonyms
- (clinging to an object or surface): clingsome, sticky; see also Thesaurus:adhesive
- (unwilling to yield or give up): pigheaded, steadfast; see also Thesaurus:obstinate
- (holding together): coherent; see also Thesaurus:cohesive
- (having a good memory): elephantlike, memorious; see also Thesaurus:memorious
Related terms
- tenaciously
- tenaciousness
- tenacity
Translations
Anagrams
- Aceitunos, e-auctions, sauconite
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