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Continued vs Protracted - What's the difference?

continued | protracted |

As adjectives the difference between continued and protracted

is that continued is (dated) prolonged; unstopped while protracted is lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.

As verbs the difference between continued and protracted

is that continued is (continue) while protracted is (protract).

continued

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (dated) Prolonged; unstopped.
  • * 1797 , , J. S. Barr (editor and translator), Barr's Buffon: Buffon's Natural Hi?tory , page 20,
    • and for the pronunciation of F , a more continued ?ound is nece??ary than for that of any of the con?onants.
  • * 1819 [1736], (preface), The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature , page 93,
    • But when the exercise of the virtuous principle is more continued , oftener repeated, and more intense, as it must be in circumstances of danger, temptation, and difficulty of any kind and any degree, this tendency is increased proportionably, and a more confirmed habit is the consequence.
  • * 1820 , A. P. Wilson Philip, A Treatise on Fevers: Including the Various Species of Simple and Eruptive Fevers , page 57,
    • Instead of becoming more continued , intermittents sometimes become less so, which is always favourable.
  • Uninterrupted.
    • Related terms
    * continuedly

    Verb

    (head)
  • (continue)

    • Anagrams

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    protracted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (protract)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.
    • a protracted and bitter dispute