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Ceaseless vs Nonstop - What's the difference?

ceaseless | nonstop |

As adjectives the difference between ceaseless and nonstop

is that ceaseless is without an end while nonstop is without stopping; without interruption or break;.

As an adverb nonstop is

without stopping; without interruption or break.

As a noun nonstop is

a journey, especially a nonstop flight.

ceaseless

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Without an end.
  • Without stop or pause, incessant.
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    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=2 citation , passage=Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.}}

    nonstop

    English

    Alternative forms

    * non-stop

    Adjective

    (-)
  • 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.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Without stopping; without interruption or break
    • He worked nonstop for fourteen hours yesterday, just so he could get today off.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A journey, especially a nonstop flight.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 14, author=David Kaufman, title=Discounters Are In for the Long Hauls, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=With business-class seats on nonstops from British Airways and Cathay Pacific often priced up to $8,000 round trip, Mr. Exton typically flew cheaper alternatives that saved money but required layovers and plane switches. }} English frequency adverbs