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hold water vs survive

survive vs hold water

hold water and survive both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
hold water No No Yes No
survive No No Yes No
As verbs, survive is a hypernym of hold water; that is, survive is a word with a broader meaning than hold water:
  • hold water: resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
  • survive: continue to live and avoid dying
Other hypernyms of hold water include endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on.
hold water (verb) survive (verb)
resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc. support oneself
continue to live and avoid dying
continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
live longer than
Difference between hold water and survive

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