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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

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