Gradual vs Stepwise - What's the difference?
gradual | stepwise |
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.
One (small) step or stage at a time; gradual; piecemeal
* 2003 , Steven Scott Phelps, tRNA interactions in the ribosomal A-site (page 48)
Stepwise is a synonym of gradual.
As adjectives the difference between gradual and stepwise
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 stepwise is one (small) step or stage at a time; gradual; piecemeal.As a noun gradual
is an antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps.As an adverb stepwise is
one step or stage at a time; step by step.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.
Synonyms
* (l)Antonyms
* sudden * abruptDerived terms
* graduallySee also
* (l)Noun
(en noun)stepwise
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Adjective
(-)- The act of translation requires the stepwise decoding of the mRNA one codon at a time.