Persistence vs. Persistance

Persistence vs. Persistance — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Persistence and Persistance

Persistencenoun

The property of being persistent.

You've got to admire his persistence. He's asked her out every day for a month even though she keeps turning him down.

Persistancenoun

misspelling of persistence

Persistencenoun

(computer science) Of data, continuing to exist after the execution of the program.

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

Persistencenoun

(meteorology) Continuation of the previous day's weather (particularly temperature and precipitation statistics).

Persistencenoun

the property of a continuous and connected period of time

Persistencenoun

persistent determination

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Persistencenoun

the act of persisting or persevering; continuing or repeating behavior;

his perseveration continued to the point where it was no longer appropriate