Consistency vs. Perseverance: What's the Difference?
Consistency and Perseverance Definitions
Consistency
Agreement or logical coherence among things or parts
A rambling argument that lacked any consistency.
Perseverance
Steady persistence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose; steadfastness.
Consistency
Correspondence among related aspects; compatibility
Questioned the consistency of the administration's actions with its stated policy.
Perseverance
(Christianity) The Calvinistic doctrine that those who have been chosen by God will continue in a state of grace to the end and will finally be saved.
Consistency
Reliability or uniformity of successive results or events
Pitched with remarkable consistency throughout the season.
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Perseverance
Continuing in a course of action without regard to discouragement, opposition or previous failure.
Consistency
Degree of density, firmness, or viscosity
Beat the mixture to the consistency of soft butter.
Perseverance
The act of persevering; persistence in anything undertaken; continued pursuit or prosecution of any business, or enterprise begun.
Whose constant perseverance overcameWhate'er his cruel malice could invent.
Consistency
Local coherence.
Perseverance
Discrimination.
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Consistency
Correspondence or compatibility.
Perseverance
Continuance in a state of grace until it is succeeded by a state of glory; sometimes called final perseverance, and the perseverance of the saints. See Calvinism.
Consistency
Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.
They want to achieve a high degree of consistency in their process and their product.
Perseverance
Persistent determination
Consistency
The degree of viscosity of something.
Mix it until it has the consistency of a thick paste.
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Perseverance
The act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior;
His perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate
Consistency
(logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.
Consistency
(obsolete) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.
Consistency
The property of holding together and retaining its shape;
When the dough has enough consistency it is ready to bake
Consistency
A harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
Consistency
Logical coherence and accordance with the facts;
A rambling argument that lacked any consistency
Consistency
(logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another
