live on vs survive

live on and survive both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
live on	No	No	Yes	No
survive	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, live on and survive are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of live on include endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live.

live on (verb)	survive (verb)
continue to live and avoid dying	support oneself
	continue to live and avoid dying
	continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
	live longer than