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Retentive vs Sustained - What's the difference?

retentive | sustained |

As adjectives the difference between retentive and sustained

is that retentive is having power to retain; as, a retentive memory while sustained is held continuously at a certain level.

As a noun retentive

is (obsolete) that which retains or confines; a restraint.

As a verb sustained is

(sustain).

retentive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having power to retain; as, a retentive memory.
  • * c. 1599 , (William Shakespeare), ''Julius Caeser', Act 1 Scene 3
    • Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit.
  • anal-retentive

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) That which retains or confines; a restraint.

    • References

    * ----

    sustained

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sustain)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Held continuously at a certain level.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Charles T. Ambrose
    • , title= Alzheimer’s Disease , volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}
  • (music) Held at a certain pitch.

    • Synonyms

    * (held at a certain level) constant, continuous, steady