Gradual vs Perpetual - What's the difference?
gradual | perpetual |
Proceeding by steps or small degrees; advancing step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow.
* Milton
(Roman Catholic Church) An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps.
(Roman Catholic Church) A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.
Lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time
Set up to be in effect or have tenure for an unlimited duration
Continuing uninterrupted
Flowering throughout the growing season
* By means of artificial hybridization, practised for a series of years, he has succeeded in producing a race of carnations which are perpetual bloomers.
* The hybrid perpetual roses as a rule require to be pruned to within 4 to 6 inches of the ground.
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As adjectives the difference between gradual and perpetual
is that gradual is proceeding by steps or small degrees; advancing step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow while perpetual is lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time.As a noun gradual
is (roman catholic church) an antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps.gradual
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Alternative forms
* graduall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- a gradual''' increase of knowledge; a '''gradual decline
- Creatures animate with gradual life / Of growth, sense, reason, all summed up in man.
