Endure vs. Tolerate — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Endure and Tolerate
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Definitions
Endure
Endure is a 2010 crime thriller film directed and written by Joe O'Brien. It stars Judd Nelson, Devon Sawa, Tom Arnold and Joey Lauren Adams.
Tolerate
Allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one dislikes or disagrees with) without interference
A regime unwilling to tolerate dissent
Endure
To carry on through, despite hardships; undergo or suffer
Endure an Arctic winter.
Tolerate
Be capable of continued subjection to (a drug, toxin, or environmental condition) without adverse reaction
Lichens grow in conditions that no other plants tolerate
Endure
To put up with; tolerate
I cannot endure your insolence any longer.
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Tolerate
To refrain from interfering with or prohibiting (something undesirable or outside one's own practice or beliefs); allow or permit
The president will not tolerate any deviation from stated policy.
Endure
To continue in existence; last
Buildings that have endured for centuries.
Tolerate
To recognize and respect (the rights, beliefs, or practices of others).
Endure
To suffer patiently without yielding.
Tolerate
To accept or be patient regarding (something unpleasant or undesirable); endure
Tolerated his insults for weeks.
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Endure
(intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships; to persist.
The singer's popularity endured for decades.
Tolerate
(Medicine) To have tolerance for (a substance or pathogen).
Endure
(transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
Tolerate
(transitive) To allow or permit without explicit approval, usually if it is perceived as negative.
The party tolerated corruption within its ranks.
Endure
(intransitive) To last.
Our love will endure forever.
Tolerate
(transitive) To bear, withstand.
I can tolerate working on Saturday, but not Sunday.
The elevator can tolerate up to 360 kilograms.
Endure
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
Tolerate
To suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or hindrance; to allow or permit negatively, by not preventing; not to restrain; to put up with; as, to tolerate doubtful practices.
Crying should not be tolerated in children.
We tolerate them because property and liberty, to a degree, require that toleration.
Endure
(transitive) To suffer patiently.
He endured years of pain.
Tolerate
Put up with something or somebody unpleasant;
I cannot bear his constant criticism
The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
He learned to tolerate the heat
She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
Endure
(obsolete) To indurate.
Tolerate
Recognize and respect (rights and beliefs of others);
We must tolerate the religions of others
Endure
To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to remain.
Their verdure still endure.
He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure.
Tolerate
Have a tolerance for a poison or strong drug or pathogen;
The patient does not tolerate the anti-inflammatory drugs we gave him
Endure
To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with thee?
Tolerate
Allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting;
We don't allow dogs here
Children are not permitted beyond this point
We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital
Endure
To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather.
Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure,As might the strokes of two such arms endure.
Endure
To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.
I will no longer endure it.
Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake.
How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people?
Endure
To harden; to toughen; to make hardy.
Manly limbs endured with little ease.
Endure
Put up with something or somebody unpleasant;
I cannot bear his constant criticism
The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks
He learned to tolerate the heat
She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage
Endure
Face or endure with courage;
She braved the elements
Endure
Continue to live; endure or last;
We went without water and food for 3 days
These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents
Endure
Undergo or be subjected to;
He suffered the penalty
Many saints suffered martyrdom
Endure
Last and be usable;
This dress wore well for almost ten years
Endure
Persist or be long; in time;
The bad weather lasted for three days
Endure
Continue to exist;
These stories die hard
The legend of Elvis endures
