Persistent vs. Resilient

Persistent vs. Resilient — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Persistent and Resilient

Persistentadjective

Obstinately refusing to give up or let go.

She has had a persistent cough for weeks.

Resilientadjective

Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic

Persistentadjective

Insistently repetitive.

There was a persistent knocking on the door.

Resilientadjective

Returning quickly to normal after damaging events or conditions.

Persistentadjective

Indefinitely continuous.

There have been persistent rumours for years.

Resilientadjective

recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like

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Persistentadjective

(botany) Lasting past maturity without falling off.

Pine cones have persistent scales.

Resilientadjective

rebounds readily;

clean bouncy haira lively tennis ballas resiliant as seasoned hickoryspringy turf

Persistentadjective

(computing) Of data or a data structure: not transient or temporary, but remaining in existence after the termination of the program that creates it.

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

Persistentadjective

(mathematics) Describing a fractal process that has a positive Brown function

Persistentadjective

non-transient.

Persistentadjective

never-ceasing;

the relentless beat of the drums
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Persistentadjective

continually recurring to the mind;

haunting memoriesthe cathedral organ and the distant voices have a haunting beauty

Persistentadjective

retained; not shed;

persistent leaves remain attached past maturitythe persistent gills of fishes