What's the difference between abiding and lasting?

Abiding


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Abide
  • (a.) Continuing; lasting.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Rule-abiding parents can get a monthly stipend, extra pension benefits when they are older, preferential hospital treatment, first choice for government jobs, extra land allowances and, in some case, free homes and a tonne of free water a month.
  • (2) Essentially, it would pay into the EU for this privilege and abide by many EU trade laws, but without participation in Brussels.
  • (3) That is par for the course,” Obama said, repeating his argument that he was abiding by a “basic principle” that the US would not abandon its military personnel.
  • (4) Ever since the ex-PD leader Walter Veltroni started praising President Kennedy as a way to jettison communism, this has been an abiding theme, manifesting itself institutionally in the desperate attempt to engineer a US-style two-party system through breathtakingly inept electoral reforms – the latest one, the " Porcellum " (after porcello, swine), was behind the impasse earlier this year.
  • (5) "Orwell had an abiding interest in the countryside, rural life and growing his own food.
  • (6) Hong Kong is a law-abiding society and the rest of Hong Kong expect the occupiers, like everyone else in Hong Kong, to follow the law.
  • (7) British spies don wigs and makeup to testify at US trial of al-Qaida suspect Read more Abid Naseer was first arrested in 2009 in Britain on charges that he was part of a terror cell plotting to blow up a shopping mall in Manchester, England.
  • (8) The law-abiding nature of the people also helps cut down on fatalities.
  • (9) From study of the late results the authors conclude that abidance by the principles of oncological radicality is important.
  • (10) And Twitter , an international corporation, has to abide by each country's practices, rather than impose one on all.
  • (11) Inevitably at our rallies we unfortunately have some fanatics & we have tried our best to have them removed.” But it said it would abide by the singer’s request not to use his songs.
  • (12) Despite a lingering belief that they could have "gone in" with Labour if they had wanted to, the Lib Dems decided to abide responsibly by the logic of FPTP, and form a government that nobody had voted for at all.
  • (13) Google's legally abiding agreement with the FTC says that the company will stop "scraping" content from other sites and presenting it as its own in search results.
  • (14) Davis, however, said she had issued a new policy, effective immediately, to abide by Bunning’s order.
  • (15) In the face of personal threats, they have remained driven by an abiding sense of outrage.
  • (16) The convention requires its signatories "to abide by the final judgment of the court in any case to which they are parties".
  • (17) In all its work Willis says it will return to Young's abiding interest in non-state action and that the best way of understanding how a community functions is to talk to local people.
  • (18) Then everybody around the table has to sign a document that this study, multi-centre, multinational, will be carried out and we will abide by the conclusions and the results.
  • (19) This survey of 65 ATSP and their abidance by the major AAP guidelines showed that two thirds of the ATSP were based at facilities with pediatric tertiary care capabilities; most ATSP were not directed by pediatric critical care (PCC) or pediatric emergency care (PEC) specialists; most transport team personnel were not trained in PCC or PEC; most ATSP had specific protocols for different clinical situations; most ATSP had separate equipment appropriate for pediatric patients; and there was little variation in transport team composition based on different clinical situations.
  • (20) "I apologise unreservedly for the deception I therefore practiced on law abiding members of London Greenpeace.

Lasting


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Last
  • (a.) Existing or continuing a long while; enduring; as, a lasting good or evil; a lasting color.
  • (n.) Continuance; endurance.
  • (n.) A species of very durable woolen stuff, used for women's shoes; everlasting.
  • (n.) The act or process of shaping on a last.
  • (adv.) In a lasting manner.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These data indicate a steady improvement in laboratory performance over the last 10 years.
  • (2) City badly missed Yaya Touré, on international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations, and have not won a league match since last April when he has been missing.
  • (3) Future Brown have connections in the fashion industry, last year soundtracking a surreal film for the brand Telfar.
  • (4) "This is the third event in the last few days following An-26 and SU-25 planes being brought down.
  • (5) Peripheral vascular surgery has become an increasingly common mode of treatment in non-university, community hospitals in Sweden during the last decade.
  • (6) Michael Schumacher’s manager hopes F1 champion ‘will be here again one day’ Read more Last year, Red Bull were frustrated by Mercedes, Ferrari and Honda as they desperately looked for a new engine supplier.
  • (7) In each study, all subjects underwent four replications (over two days) of one of the six permutations of the three experimental conditions; each condition lasted 5 min.
  • (8) Mike Ashley told Lee Charnley that maybe he could talk with me last week but I said: ‘Listen, we cannot say too much so I think it’s better if we wait.’ The message Mike Ashley is sending is quite positive, but it was better to talk after we play Tottenham.” Benítez will ask Ashley for written assurances over his transfer budget, control of transfers and other spheres of club autonomy, but can also reassure the owner that the prospect of managing in the second tier holds few fears for him.
  • (9) All the patients told about a comfortable feeling of warmth after each treatment lasting for one two days.
  • (10) It comes in defiant journalism, like the story televised last week of a gardener in Aleppo who was killed by bombs while tending his roses and his son, who helped him, orphaned.
  • (11) TR was classified as follows: severe (massive systolic opacification and persistence of the microbubbles in the IVC for at least 20 seconds); moderate (moderate systolic opacification lasting less than 20 seconds); mild (slight systolic opacification lasting less than 10 seconds); insignificant TR (sporadic appearance of the contrast medium into the IVC).
  • (12) I would immediately look askance at anyone who lacks the last and possesses the first.
  • (13) David Cameron last night hit out at his fellow world leaders after the G8 dropped the promise to meet the historic aid commitments made at Gleneagles in 2005 from this year's summit communique.
  • (14) A new propaganda video by Islamic State featuring the British photojournalist John Cantlie, in which he says it is the “last film in this series”, has appeared online.
  • (15) Maternal diabetes and antihistamine use during the last 2 weeks of pregnancy were associated with significantly higher rates of retrolental fibroplasia, whereas toxemia was associated with lower rates.
  • (16) A review is presented concerning the development of new neuroimaging techniques in the last decade which have improved the diagnostic exploration of patients with spinal cord injuries, including studies of possible sequelae.
  • (17) The discussion on topics like post-schooling and rehabilitation of motorists has intensified the contacts between advocates of traffic law and traffic psychologists in the last years.
  • (18) Though the 54-year-old designer made brief returns to the limelight after his fall from grace, designing a one-off collection for Oscar de la Renta last year , his appointment at Margiela marks a more permanent comeback.
  • (19) In a Bloomberg article last week, for example, one Stanford student compared women who get raped to unlocked bicycles : ‘Do I deserve to have my bike stolen if I leave it unlocked on the quad?’ [Chris] Herries, 22, said.
  • (20) Mary's grief, which lasts for about the first half of the two-hour premiere special, is the finest work of the series so far by Michelle Dockery.