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Protracted vs Enduring - What's the difference?

protracted | enduring |

As verbs the difference between protracted and enduring

is that protracted is past tense of protract while enduring is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between protracted and enduring

is that protracted is lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual while enduring is long-lasting.

As a noun enduring is

endurance.

protracted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (protract)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual.
    • a protracted and bitter dispute

    enduring

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Long-lasting.
    • an enduring belief in democracy

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • endurance
  • * 1854 , James Kennedy, Probable Origin of the American Indians (page 14)
    • It could be only long years of privations and endurings of hardships that could enable the Esquimaux to traverse over those icy regions with the facilities they have learned to practise

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