Pertinacity vs. Tenacity

Pertinacitynoun

The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.

Pertinacitynoun

The quality or state of being pertinacious; obstinacy; perseverance; persistency.

Pertinacitynoun

persistent determination

Tenacitynoun

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

Tenacitynoun

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

Tenacitynoun

The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.

Tenacitynoun

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

Tenacitynoun

(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.

Tenacitynoun

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

Tenacitynoun

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

Tenacitynoun

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

Tenacitynoun

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.

Tenacitynoun

persistent determination

Tenacitynoun

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

Tenacitynoun

the quality or fact of being very determined; determination

Tenacitynoun

the quality or fact of continuing to exist; persistence