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Prolong vs Eternize - What's the difference?

prolong | eternize |

In label|en|transitive terms the difference between prolong and eternize

is that prolong is (label) to lengthen temporally; to put off to a distant time; to postpone while eternize is (label) to immortalize; to make eternally famous.

As verbs the difference between prolong and eternize

is that prolong is (label) to extend in space or length while eternize is (label) to make or render eternal.

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

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    eternize

    English

    Verb

    (eterniz)
  • (label) To make or render eternal.
  • (label) To prolong indefinitely.
  • (label) To immortalize; to make eternally famous.
  • *1595 , (Edmund Spenser), Sonnet LXXV:

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