different between consistent vs nonstop

English

Etymology

From Latin consistens, present participle of c?nsist? (“to agree with; to continue”), from con- (“prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (“beside, by, near, with”)) + sist? (“to cause to stand; to place, set”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *stísteh?ti (“to be standing up; to be getting up”), from the root *steh?- (“to stand (up)”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?st?nt/
• Hyphenation: con?sist?ent

Adjective

consistent (comparative more consistent, superlative most consistent)

1. Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. [from late 16th c. in the obsolete sense ‘consisting of’]
2. Compatible, accordant.
3. (logic) Of a set of statements: such that no contradiction logically follows from them.

Antonyms

• contradictory
• incompatible
• inconsistent

Derived terms

• consistent life ethic

Related terms

• consist
• consistence
• consistency
• inconsistent

Translations

Noun

consistent (plural consistents)

1. (in the plural, rare) Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
3. (Eastern Orthodoxy, historical) A kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but was not permitted to receive the holy sacraments.

Hypernyms

• (kind of penitent): penitent

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “consistent”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Further reading

• consistency on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• centonists

Catalan

Adjective

consistent (masculine and feminine plural consistents)

1. consistent

Derived terms

• consistentment
• inconsistent

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?nsist?ns or French consistant (with vowel adaptation to Latin).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n.si?st?nt/, /?k?n.s??st?nt/
• Hyphenation: con?sis?tent
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

consistent (comparative consistenter, superlative consistentst)

1. consistent, coherent

Inflection

Derived terms

• consistentie

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: konsisten

References

French

Verb

consistent

1. third-person plural present indicative of consister
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of consister

Latin

Verb

c?nsistent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of c?nsist?

Romanian

Etymology

From French consistant.

Adjective

consistent m or n (feminine singular consistent?, masculine plural consisten?i, feminine and neuter plural consistente)

1. solid
2. consistent

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• non-stop

Etymology

non- +? stop

Pronunciation

Adjective

nonstop (not comparable)

1. Without stopping; without interruption or break.

   There's a nonstop flight to Mauritius, but I'm not sitting on the same plane for thirteen hours.

2. (genetics) Describing a point mutation within a stop codon that causes the continued translation of an mRNA strand.

   Coordinate terms: missense, nonsense

Translations

Adverb

nonstop (not comparable)

1. Without stopping; without interruption or break

   Synonyms: ceaselessly, endlessly, incessantly; see also Thesaurus:continuously

Translations

Noun

nonstop (plural nonstops)

1. (travel) A nonstop journey, especially a nonstop flight.
2. A convenience store in parts of Europe, open 24 hours a day.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:nonstop.
3. (linguistics) A linguistic sound that is not a stop; a continuant.

Translations

Anagrams

• pontons

Hungarian

Etymology

From English nonstop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?nonstop], [?non?top]
• Hyphenation: non?stop

Adjective

nonstop (not comparable)

1. nonstop (without stopping or interruption)

   Synonyms: éjjel-nappali, folyamatos, folytonos

Declension

Adverb

nonstop (not comparable)

1. nonstop (without stopping or interruption)

   Synonyms: éjjel-nappal, folyamatosan, folytonosan

Noun

nonstop (plural nonstopok)

1. A convenience store open 24 hours a day.

   Synonym: éjjel-nappali

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From English nonstop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /non?stop/

Adjective

nonstop m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. nonstop (without stopping or interruption)

Adverb

nonstop m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. nonstop (without interruption)

Noun

nonstop n (plural nonstopuri)

1. nonstop (convenience store open 24 hours a day)

Declension