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Perpetual vs Sustained - What's the difference?

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Perpetual is a related term of sustained.


As adjectives the difference between perpetual and sustained

is that perpetual is lasting forever, or for an indefinitely long time while sustained is held continuously at a certain level.

As a verb sustained is

(sustain).

perpetual

English

Alternative forms

* perpetuall (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • 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.

    • Derived terms

    * perpetual motion

    Related terms

    * perpetuate

    References

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    sustained

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sustain)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Held continuously at a certain level.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Charles T. Ambrose
    • , title= Alzheimer’s Disease , volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}
  • (music) Held at a certain pitch.

    • Synonyms

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