different between incessant vs enduring

English

Etymology

From Old French incessant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?s?s.?nt/
• Hyphenation: in?ces?sant

Adjective

incessant (comparative more incessant, superlative most incessant)

1. Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.

   The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night.

Synonyms

• unremitting
• continuous
• unceasing

Translations

Anagrams

• anticness, cantiness, instances, tenascins

Catalan

Etymology

in- +? cessant

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /in.s??sant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /in.s??san/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.se?sant/

Adjective

incessant (masculine and feminine plural incessants)

1. incessant

Derived terms

• incessantment

Related terms

• cessar

Further reading

• “incessant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “incessant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “incessant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “incessant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Adjective

incessant (feminine singular incessante, masculine plural incessants, feminine plural incessantes)

1. incessant

Further reading

• “incessant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• instances

Latin

Verb

incessant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of incess?

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?d????/, /?n?d???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?dj?????/, /?n?dj?????/
• Rhymes: -?????
• Hyphenation: en?dur?ing

Adjective

enduring (comparative more enduring, superlative most enduring)

1. Long-lasting without significant alteration; continuing through time in the same relative state.

Synonyms

• diuturnal, prolonged; see also Thesaurus:lasting

Related terms

durativeendureperduring

Translations

Verb

enduring

1. present participle of endure

Noun

enduring (plural endurings)

1. endurance

Anagrams

• rudening, unringed