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Perpetuation vs Sustain - What's the difference?

perpetuation | sustain |

As nouns the difference between perpetuation and sustain

is that perpetuation is the act of prolonging existence, of keeping something alive or active while sustain is a mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.

As a verb sustain is

to maintain, or keep in existence.

perpetuation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of prolonging existence, of keeping something alive or active.
  • Synonyms

    *continuance, preservation

    sustain

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sustain) (en noun)
  • (music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To maintain, or keep in existence.
  • To provide for or nourish.
  • provisions to sustain an army
  • To encourage (something ).
  • To experience or suffer (an injury, etc. ).
  • * Dryden
  • Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil sustain ?
  • * Shakespeare
  • You shall sustain more new disgraces.
  • To confirm, prove, or corroborate.
  • to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition
  • To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
  • A foundation sustains''' the superstructure; an animal '''sustains''' a load; a rope '''sustains a weight.
  • To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
  • (Shakespeare)
  • * Dryden
  • his sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain

    Derived terms

    * sustainable * sustainedly