different between continual vs extensive
continual
English
Alternative forms
- continuall (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English continuel, from Old French continuel, formed from Latin continuus (“continuous”) with the suffix -el.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?t?nju?l/, /k?n?t?nj?l/
- Hyphenation: con?tin?u?al, con?tin?ual
Adjective
continual (not comparable)
- Recurring in steady, rapid succession.
- (proscribed) Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption.
- (proscribed) Forming a continuous series.
Usage notes
In careful usage, continual refers to repeated actions “continual objections”, while continuous refers to uninterrupted actions or objects “continuous flow”, “played music continuously from dusk to dawn”. However, this distinction is not observed in informal usage, a noted example being the magic spell name “continual light” (unbroken light), in the game Dungeons & Dragons.
Related terms
- continuance
- continuation
- continue
- continuous
- continuum
Translations
References
Further reading
- continual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- continual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- inoculant
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extensive
English
Etymology
From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin extens?vus, from Latin extensus.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?ks?t?n.s?v/
Adjective
extensive (comparative more extensive, superlative most extensive)
- having a great extent; covering a large area; vast
- (figuratively) considerable in amount.
- I have done extensive research on the subject.
- Serving to extend or lengthen; characterized by extension
- (physics) Having a combined system entropy that equals the sum of the entropies of the independent systems.
Derived terms
- extensive property
Related terms
- extend
- extense
- extent
Translations
See also
- intensive
French
Adjective
extensive
- feminine singular of extensif
Latin
Adjective
ext?ns?ve
- vocative masculine singular of ext?ns?vus
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