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Prolonged vs Ongoing - What's the difference?

prolonged | ongoing |

As adjectives the difference between prolonged and ongoing

is that prolonged is lengthy in duration; extended; protracted while ongoing is continuing, permanent.

As a verb prolonged

is past tense of prolong.

As a noun ongoing is

something that is going on; a happening.

prolonged

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • lengthy in duration; extended; protracted.

    • Antonyms

    * brief

    Verb

    (head)
  • (prolong)

    • ongoing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • continuing, permanent
  • presently or currently happening; being in progress

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is going on; a happening.
  • * 1961 , Floyd H. Allport, Theories of perception and the concept of structure
    • We shall not be concerned here with the specific electrical or chemical changes that take place, but only with the fact of continuous ongoings as one of the elements for building a format of dynamic structure.

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