Persist vs. Persevere — What's the Difference?

Persist is a Java-based ORM/DAO tool. It provides only the minimal amount of functionalities necessary to map objects or maps from database queries and to statement parameters.

Persevere is the fourth studio album by Scottish folk rock duo The Proclaimers, released in 2001 on their own label Persevere Records, as a comeback album after seven years of low profile. The album's first single featured "There's a Touch", "A Land Fit for Zeros" and "They Really Do" (not included in the album).

Continue in an opinion or course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition

To persist in or remain constant to a purpose, idea, or task in the face of obstacles or discouragement.

To be obstinately repetitious, insistent, or tenacious.

(intransitive) To persist steadfastly in pursuit of an undertaking, task, journey, or goal, even if hindered by distraction, difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement.

To hold firmly and steadfastly to a purpose, state, or undertaking despite obstacles, warnings, or setbacks.

To stay constant; to continue in a certain state; to remain.

To continue in existence; last

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.

(intransitive) To go on stubbornly or resolutely.

Be persistent, refuse to stop;

(intransitive) To repeat an utterance.

(intransitive) To continue to exist.

To continue to be; to remain.

To cause to persist; make permanent.

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.

Continue to exist;

Be persistent, refuse to stop;

Stay behind;