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Protracted vs Ongoing - What's the difference?

protracted | ongoing |

As adjectives the difference between protracted and ongoing

is that protracted is lasting for a long time or longer than expected or usual while ongoing is continuing, permanent.

As a verb protracted

is (protract).

As a noun ongoing is

something that is going on; a happening.

protracted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (protract)

    • Adjective

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

    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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