The difference between Retentiveness and Tenacity
When used as nouns, retentiveness means the state of being retentive, whereas tenacity means the quality or state of being tenacious, or persistence of purpose.
check bellow for the other definitions of Retentiveness and Tenacity
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Retentiveness as a noun:
the state of being retentive
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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.