different between continual vs sustained
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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sustained
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??ste?nd/
- Hyphenation: sus?tained
- Rhymes: -e?nd
Verb
sustained
- simple past tense and past participle of sustain
Adjective
sustained (comparative more sustained, superlative most sustained)
- Held continuously at a certain level.
- (music) Held at a certain pitch.
Synonyms
- (held at a certain level): constant, continuous, steady
Translations
Anagrams
- insudates
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