What's the difference between livelong and orpine?
Livelong
Definition:
(a.) Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness.
(a.) Lasting; durable.
Example Sentences:
(1) Had to file, had to file, but I couldn't – a fierce domineering fatigue had taken hold of every limb, and I went to sleep at 5pm and slept the livelong dream-free night, hoping the morning would bring difference.
(2) High altitude, cold climate determining a restricted assortiment of cultivated plants, the successive production of vegetal and animal food on the same soil for livelong periods and several generations, especially in isolated rural areas, seem to represent gastric cancer risk factors.
Orpine
Definition:
(n.) A low plant with fleshy leaves (Sedum telephium), having clusters of purple flowers. It is found on dry, sandy places, and on old walls, in England, and has become naturalized in America. Called also stonecrop, and live-forever.