The difference between insist and persist

[shylock]

I believe that all power should go to the people,but he _______(insists,persist)that all power should go to nobody.what is the difference between insist and persist?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I believe that all power should go to the people, [put spaces after commas.] but he _______(insists,persist) [Put spaces after parenthetical expressions.] that all power should go to nobody. [Put spaces after periods.] What is the difference between insist and persist?

What does your dictionary say? What don't you understand?

 

[Rover_KE]

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