Incurred vs Sustained - What's the difference?

incurred | sustained |

As verbs the difference between incurred and sustained

is that incurred is past tense of incur while sustained is past tense of sustain.

As an adjective sustained is

held continuously at a certain level.

incurred

English

Verb

(head)

(incur)

incur

English

Alternative forms

* encur

Verb

(incurr)

To bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.

* 1891 , Henry Graham Dakyns (translator), The works of Xenophon , ",

[T]he master in his wrath may easily incur worse evil himself than he inflicts—[...]

* 1910 , ,

And here it is to be noted that hatred is incurred as well on account of good actions as of bad;

(chiefly, legal) To render somebody liable or subject to.

* 1861 , ,

The least neglect of duty will incur [...] the penalty of thirty-nine well laid on in the morning.

(obsolete) To enter or pass into.

(obsolete) To fall within a period or scope; to occur; to run into danger.

To render liable or subject to; to occasion.

* Chapman

Lest you incur me much more damage in my fame than you have done me pleasure in preserving my life.

Synonyms

* (To bring down or expose oneself to) encounter, contract * (render liable or subject to) occasion

Anagrams

sustained

English

Verb

(head)

(sustain)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Held continuously at a certain level.

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(music) Held at a certain pitch.

Synonyms

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