Perseverant or patience?
If you want to talk about someone who never gives up to achieve something they’ve decided to do, which nouns (s) would you use?
He has ( ?)
a: patience
b: perseverance
c: endurance
Top answer
It depends on the shade of meaning desired. ( b) is the best of those three, but there are quite a few others to choose from. Adjectives are much more frequent (and natural) than their noun form.
- It depends on the shade of meaning desired.
- ( b) is the best of those three, but there are quite a few others to choose from.
- Adjectives are much more frequent (and natural) than their noun form.
- determination resoluteness obstinance; stubbornness.
- persistence tenaciousness; tenacity
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It depends on the shade of meaning desired.
( b) is the best of those three, but there are quite a few others to choose from. Adjectives are much more frequent (and natural) than their noun form.
determination
resoluteness
obstinance; stubbornness.
persistence
tenaciousness; tenacity
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