different between nonstop vs perpetual

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

English

Alternative forms

• perpetuall (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French perpetuel, from Latin perpetualis (“universal”), from perpetuus, from peto.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??p?t?u?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??p?t???l/, /p??p?tj??l/
• Hyphenation: per?pet?u?al

Adjective

perpetual (not comparable)

1. Lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time

   Synonyms: continuant, persistent

2. Set up to be in effect or have tenure for an unlimited duration
3. Continuing; uninterrupted

   Synonyms: continuous, nonstop
4. (botany) Flowering throughout the growing season

Derived terms

• perpetual motion

Related terms

• perpetuate

Translations

References

Further reading

• perpetual at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /p??.p?.tu?al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p?r.p?.tu?al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pe?.pe.tu?al/

Adjective

perpetual (masculine and feminine plural perpetuals)

1. perpetual

   Synonym: perpetu

Derived terms

• perpetualment

Further reading

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