different between incessant vs prolonged

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): /p?o??l??d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p????l??d/
• (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /p?o??l??d/
• Hyphenation: pro?longed

Adjective

prolonged (comparative more prolonged, superlative most prolonged)

1. lengthy in duration; extended; protracted.

Synonyms

• enduring, longsome; see also Thesaurus:lasting

Antonyms

• brief, temporary; see also Thesaurus:ephemeral

Translations

Verb

prolonged

1. simple past tense and past participle of prolong