Fortitude vs. Tenacity — What's the Difference?

Strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or adversity with courage.

The quality or fact of being able to grip something firmly; grip

Mental or emotional strength that enables courage in the face of adversity.

Extremely persistent in adhering to or doing something; stubborn or relentless

(archaic) Physical strength.

Characterized by extreme persistence; relentless or enduring

Power to resist attack; strength; firmness.

Holding together firmly; cohesive

That strength or firmness of mind which enables a person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or despondency; passive courage; resolute endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring trouble.

Clinging to another object or surface; adhesive

Strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage

Tending to retain; retentive

The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.

The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.

The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.

The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.

(physics) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.

The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose.

That quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force; cohesiveness; the effect of attraction; - as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.

That quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness; viscosity.

The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, - usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.

Persistent determination