Constantly vs Eternally - What's the difference?
constantly | eternally | Related terms |
(archaic) With steadfastness; with resolve; in loyalty, faithfully.
* , I.iv.1:
In a constant manner; occurring continuously; persistently.
(frequency) Recurring regularly.
In an unchangeable or invariable manner; in every case.
For eternity; forever.
Unceasingly, recurringly.
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Constantly is a related term of eternally.
As adverbs the difference between constantly and eternally
is that constantly is (archaic) with steadfastness; with resolve; in loyalty, faithfully while eternally is for eternity; forever.constantly
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Alternative forms
* constantlie * constauntlyAdverb
(en adverb)- Agrippa and the rest of his weeping friends earnestly besought himnot to offer violence unto himself, ‘with a settled resolution he desired again they would approve of his good intent, and not seek to dehort him from it’; and so constantly died.
- I find that I am constantly reminding you to feed your pets.
References
* * English frequency adverbseternally
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adverb
(-)W. B. M. Ferguson
Zollenstein, chapter=1 , passage=The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it.}}
