different between persistent vs sedulous

English

Etymology

From Latin persist?ns, present participle of persist? (“to continue steadfastly”). Synchronically analyzable as persist +? -ent.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??s?st?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??s?st?nt/
• Hyphenation: per?sis?tent

Adjective

persistent (comparative more persistent, superlative most persistent)

1. Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.

   She has had a persistent cough for weeks.
2. Insistently repetitive.

   There was a persistent knocking on the door.

3. Indefinitely continuous.

   There have been persistent rumours for years.

4. (botany) Lasting past maturity without falling off.

   Pine cones have persistent scales.
5. (computing) Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.

   Once written to a disk file, the data becomes persistent: it will still be there tomorrow when we run the next program.

6. (mathematics) Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function
7. (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) non-transient.

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• pinsetters, presentist, prettiness, serpentist

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin persist?ns.

Adjective

persistent (masculine and feminine plural persistents)

1. persistent

Derived terms

• persistentment

Related terms

• persistència
• persistir

Further reading

• “persistent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “persistent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “persistent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “persistent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: persiste, persistes

Verb

persistent

1. third-person plural present indicative of persister
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of persister

Latin

Verb

persistent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of persist?

Romanian

Etymology

From French persistant.

Adjective

persistent m or n (feminine singular persistent?, masculine plural persisten?i, feminine and neuter plural persistente)

1. persistent

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin s?dulus (“diligent, industrious, sedulous; solicitous; unremitting; zealous”) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives denoting possession or presence of a quality, generally in abundance). S?dulus is probably derived from s?dul? (“diligently; carefully; purposely; zealously”) (possibly from s?- (prefix meaning ‘without’) + dol? (singular of dolus (“deceit, deception; evil intent, malice”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *del- (“to count, reckon”))) + -us (suffix forming adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?d???l?s/, /?s?dj?-/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?d???l?s/
• Hyphenation: se?dul?ous

Adjective

sedulous (comparative more sedulous, superlative most sedulous)

1. Of a person: diligent in application or pursuit; constant and persevering in business or in endeavours to effect a goal; steadily industrious.

   Synonyms: assiduous; see also Thesaurus:industrious
2. Of an activity: carried out with diligence.
   • 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part II, XVII [Uniform ed., p. 169]:

     He had much to learn about boys, and he learnt not by direct observation—for which he believed he was unfitted—but by sedulous imitation of the more experienced masters.

Derived terms

• sedulously
• sedulousness

Related terms

• sedulity

Translations

References

Further reading

• diligence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• sedulous in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sedulous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sedulous at OneLook Dictionary Search