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Endless vs Sustained - What's the difference?

endless | sustained | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between endless and sustained

is that endless is having no end while sustained is held continuously at a certain level.

As a verb sustained is

past tense of sustain.

endless

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Having no end.
    • endless''' time; '''endless praise
  • Extending indefinitely.
    • an endless line
  • (obsolete) Without profitable end; fruitless; unsatisfying.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • All loves are endless .

    Derived terms

    * endlessly * endlessness

    Synonyms

    * infinite * unlimited

    Antonyms

    * finite * limited

    sustained

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sustain)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Held continuously at a certain level.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Charles T. Ambrose
    • , title= Alzheimer’s Disease , volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}
  • (music) Held at a certain pitch.

    • Synonyms

    * (held at a certain level) constant, continuous, steady