Persist vs. Persevere

Persist and Persevere Definitions
Persist
To be obstinately repetitious, insistent, or tenacious.
Persevere
To persist in or remain constant to a purpose, idea, or task in the face of obstacles or discouragement.
Persist
To hold firmly and steadfastly to a purpose, state, or undertaking despite obstacles, warnings, or setbacks.
Persevere
(intransitive) To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.
Persist
To continue in existence; last
Hostilities that have persisted for years.
Persevere
To stay constant; to continue in a certain state; to remain.
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Persist
(intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.
Persevere
To persist in any business or enterprise undertaken; to pursue steadily any project or course begun; to maintain a purpose in spite of counter influences, opposition, or discouragement; not to give or abandon what is undertaken.
Thrice happy, if they knowTheir happiness, and persevere upright.
Persist
(intransitive) To repeat an utterance.
Persevere
Be persistent, refuse to stop;
He persisted to call me every night
The child persisted and kept asking questions
Persist
(intransitive) To continue to exist.
Persist
To continue to be; to remain.
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Persist
To cause to persist; make permanent.
Persist
To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; - sometimes conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy.
If they persist in pointing their batteries against particular persons, no laws of war forbid the making reprisals.
Some positive, persisting fops we know,Who, if once wrong, will needs be always so.
That face persists.It floats up; it turns over in my mind.
Persist
Continue to exist;
These stories die hard
The legend of Elvis endures
Persist
Be persistent, refuse to stop;
He persisted to call me every night
The child persisted and kept asking questions
Persist
Stay behind;
The smell stayed in the room
The hostility remained long after they made up