The difference between Determination and Tenacity
When used as nouns, determination means the act of determining, or the state of being determined, whereas tenacity means the quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose.
check bellow for the other definitions of Determination and Tenacity
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Determination as a noun:
The act of determining, or the state of being determined.
Examples:
"Through sheer determination, we managed to escape from the tornado."
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Determination as a noun:
Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
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Determination as a noun:
Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
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Determination as a noun:
The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
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Determination as a noun (countable):
The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
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Determination as a noun (countable):
That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
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Determination as a noun:
A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part
Examples:
"a determination of blood to the head"
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Determination as a noun (countable):
The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.
Examples:
"the determination of the wavelength of light"
"the determination of the level of salt in sea water"
"the determination of the oxygen in the air"
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Determination as a noun:
The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
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Determination as a noun:
The addition of a distinguishing feature to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization.
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Determination as a noun:
The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification
Examples:
"I am indebted to a friend for the determination of most of these shells."
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Tenacity as a noun:
The quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose; tenaciousness.
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Tenacity as a noun:
The quality of bodies which keeps them from parting without considerable force, as distinguished from brittleness, fragility, mobility, etc.
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Tenacity as a noun:
The effect of this attraction, cohesiveness.
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Tenacity as a noun:
The quality of bodies which makes them adhere to other bodies; adhesiveness, viscosity.
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Tenacity as a noun (physics):
The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture.