Persist and Stop

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Persist

Persist verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.
Usage example: my headache persisted for almost the entire day
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Synonyms for Persist
Antonyms for Persist
Stop is an antonym for persist in carry on topic.

Stop

Stop verb - To bring (something) to a standstill.
Usage example: traffic was stopped for over an hour by the overturned truck
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Synonyms for Stop
Antonyms for Stop
Persist is an antonym for stop.
Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover
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Common collocations

friends persist friends stop friends

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  • Going for the Big Scoop: The journalists are variously threatened, blackmailed, burgled, held at gunpoint and ordered to stop by their boss, his boss and a High Court judge and still persist.
    Source: Series / State of Play
  • Good Feels Good But He does give you satisfaction of happy conscience - it's just you shouldn't stop at it, because, as many saints stated, that the dearest deeds to the Lord are is when you are lazy or not willing to do them, and still persist.
    Source: Good Feels Good
  • Off the Rails Performing quests for each faction may make opposing factions warn you that they'll stop accepting your support if you persist in helping the other factions - if you continue, you'll no longer be able to progress in their missions (though they will remain non-hostile as long as you don't).
    Source: Off the Rails
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Antonyms for persist


Antonyms for stop

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