different between subsistence vs endurance

English

Etymology

From Late Latin subsistentia (“substance, reality, in Medieval Latin also stability”), from Latin subsistens, present participle of subsistere (“to continue, subsist”). See subsist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?b?s?st?ns/

Noun

subsistence (countable and uncountable, plural subsistences)

1. Real being; existence.
   • (Can we date this quote by Stillingfleet and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Not only the things had subsistence, but the very images were of some creatures existing.

2. The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.
3. Inherency.

4. Something (food, water, money, etc.) that is required to stay alive.
   • (Can we date this quote by Addison and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     His viceroy could only propose to himself a comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his province.

5. (theology) Embodiment or personification or hypostasis of an underlying principle or quality.

Synonyms

• (real being): See also Thesaurus:existence
• (something required to stay alive): sustenance
• (theology): hypostasis

Related terms

• subsist
• subsistent
• subsistence economy

Translations

Further reading

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

English

Alternative forms

• enduraunce, indurance, induraunce (all obsolete)

Etymology

[Late 15th Century] From Middle French endurance, from Old French endurance.

Morphologically endure +? -ance.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?dj????ns/, /?n?dj????ns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?d???ns/, /?n?d??ns/
• Hyphenation: en?du?rance

Noun

endurance (countable and uncountable, plural endurances)

1. The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.

2. Ability to endure hardship.
3. (nautical) The length of time that a ship's rations will supply

Synonyms

• thole (obsolete, rare, or regional)

Translations

French

Etymology

endurer +? -ance

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

endurance f (plural endurances)

1. endurance, stamina

Further reading

• “endurance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).