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Prolong vs Outburst - What's the difference?

prolong | outburst |

As verbs the difference between prolong and outburst

is that prolong is (label) to extend in space or length while outburst is to burst out.

As a noun outburst is

a sudden, often violent expression of emotion or activity.

prolong

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (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= 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.”}}
  • (label) To lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone.

    • Derived terms

    * prolongable * prolongation * prolonger * prolongment

    References

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    outburst

    English

    Verb

  • To burst out.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • a sudden, often violent expression of emotion or activity.
    • The man let out an outburst of invective

    Antonyms

    * (l)

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