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Continual vs Continuant - What's the difference?

continual | continuant |

As adjectives the difference between continual and continuant

is that continual is recurring in steady, rapid succession while continuant is continuing; prolonged; sustained.

As a noun continuant is

(phonetics) a linguistic sound other than a stop.

continual

English

Alternative forms

* continuall (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Recurring in steady, rapid succession.
  • (proscribed) Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption.
  • (proscribed) Forming a continuous series.

    • Usage notes

    In careful usage, continual refers to repeated'' actions “continual objections”, while continuous refers to ''uninterrupted'' actions or objects “continuous flow”, “played music continuously from dusk to dawn”. However, this distinction is not observed in informal usage, a noted example being the magic spell name “continual light” (unbroken light), in the game ''.

    Related terms

    * continuance * continuation * continue * continuous * continuum

    References

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    Anagrams

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    continuant

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (phonetics) A linguistic sound other than a stop
  • (mathematics) A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix.
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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Continuing; prolonged; sustained.
    • a continuant sound

    See also

    * (wikipedia "continuant") ----