Tenacious vs. Tenacity — What's the Difference?

Tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely

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

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

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

Characterized by extreme persistence; relentless or enduring

Characterized by extreme persistence; relentless or enduring

Holding together firmly; cohesive

Holding together firmly; cohesive

Clinging to another object or surface; adhesive

Clinging to another object or surface; adhesive

Tending to retain; retentive

Tending to retain; retentive

Clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.

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

Unwilling to yield or give up; dogged.

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

Holding together; cohesive.

The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.

Having a good memory; retentive.

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

Holding fast, or inclined to hold fast; inclined to retain what is in possession; as, men tenacious of their just rights.

(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.

Apt to retain; retentive; as, a tenacious memory.

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

Having parts apt to adhere to each other; cohesive; tough; as, steel is a tenacious metal; tar is more tenacious than oil.

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

Apt to adhere to another substance; glutinous; viscous; sticking; adhesive.

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

Niggardly; closefisted; miserly.

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.

Holding stoutly to one's opinion or purpose; obstinate; stubborn.

Persistent determination

Stubbornly unyielding;

(of memory) having greater than average range;

Sticking together;