Does Permanent Mean Forever?

permanent Add to list Share. Something that's permanent is constant and lasting, as opposed to temporary. Think twice about writing in permanent marker or getting a tattoo — both are just about impossible to erase. If you wait around for something permanent to change, you'll be there for a long time — maybe forever.

Is there a difference between permanent and forever?

As adverbs the difference between permanently and forever

is that permanently is in a permanent manner; lastingly while forever is (duration) for all time, for all eternity; for an infinite amount of time.

Does Permanent mean long lasting?

Some common synonyms of permanent are durable, lasting, and stable. While all these words mean "enduring for so long as to seem fixed or established," permanent adds usually the implication of being designed or planned to stand or continue indefinitely.