persist vs reverberate

persist and reverberate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
persist	No	No	Yes	No
reverberate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, reverberate is a hyponym of persist; that is, reverberate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than persist:

Other hyponyms of persist include carry over.

persist (verb)	reverberate (verb)
be persistent, refuse to stop	treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace
be in a certain place and not leave	spring back; spring away from an impact
continue to exist	ring or echo with sound
	to throw or bend back (from a surface)
	be reflected as heat, sound, or light or shock waves
	have a long or continuing effect