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Consistent vs Nonstop - What's the difference?

consistent | nonstop |

As adjectives the difference between consistent and nonstop

is that consistent is of a regularly occurring, dependable nature while nonstop is without stopping; without interruption or break;.

As nouns the difference between consistent and nonstop

is that consistent is (in the plural|rare) objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another while nonstop is a journey, especially a nonstop flight.

As an adverb nonstop is

without stopping; without interruption or break.

consistent

English

(consistency)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
    • The consistent use of Chinglish in China can be very annoying, apart from some initial amusement.
    He is very consistent in his political choices: economy good or bad, he always votes Labour!
  • Compatible, accordant.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Steven Sloman , title=The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation , volume=100, issue=1, page=74 , magazine= citation , passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}
  • (logic) Of a set of statements, such that no contradiction logically follows from them.

    • Antonyms

    * inconsistent * contradictory

    Related terms

    * consist * consistence * consistency * inconsistent

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in the plural, rare) Objects or facts that are coexistent, or in agreement with one another.
  • * 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
    • The Diurnal motion of the primum mobile, is it not from East to West? And the annual motion of the Sun through the Ecliptick, is it not on the contrary from West to East? How then can you make these motions being conferred on the Earth ... to become consistents ?
  • In the history of the Eastern Orthodox Church, a kind of penitent who was allowed to assist at prayers, but could not be admitted to receive the holy sacrament.
  • * 1885 Catholic Dictionary 651
    • The consistentes stand together with the faithful, and do not go out with the catechumens.

    References

    * * Catholic Dictionary (1885) * Ephraim Chambers, Cyclopaedia - Supplement (1753) ----

    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