survive vs live on

survive and live on both are verbs.

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

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

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

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