Gradual vs Prolong - What's the difference?
gradual | prolong |
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.
(label) To extend in space or length.
(label) To lengthen in time; to extend the duration of; to draw out; to continue.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= (label) To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.
As an adjective 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.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.As a verb prolong is
(label) to extend in space or length.gradual
English
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.
Synonyms
* (l)Antonyms
* sudden * abruptDerived terms
* graduallySee also
* (l)Noun
(en noun)prolong
English
Verb
(en verb)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The departure was not unduly prolonged . In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”}}