Difference between Staunch and Constant

What is the difference between Staunch and Constant?

Staunch as an adjective is loyal, trustworthy, reliable, outstanding while Constant as an adjective is unchanged through time or space; permanent.

Staunch

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To stop the flow of (blood). To stop, check, or deter an action.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: loyal, trustworthy, reliable, outstanding dependable, persistent

Example sentence: I love doing impressions of politicians because the task is always to imagine the private lives of these people whose job it is to project an image of staunch, unflinching leadership and grace, and that's just not how human beings, in their heart of hearts, work.

Constant

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Unchanged through time or space; permanent.Consistently recurring over time; persistentSteady in purpose, action, feeling, etc.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: That which is permanent or invariable.A quantity that remains at a fixed value throughout a given discussion.Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances.An identifier that is bound to an invariant value.

Example sentence: Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

We hope you now know whether to use Staunch or Constant in your sentence.

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