Sustain vs Sustained - What's the difference?
sustain | sustained |
(music) A mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.
To maintain, or keep in existence.
To provide for or nourish.
To encourage (something ).
To experience or suffer (an injury, etc. ).
* Dryden
* Shakespeare
To confirm, prove, or corroborate.
To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support.
To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate.
* Dryden
(sustain)
Held continuously at a certain level.
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In music|lang=en terms the difference between sustain and sustained
is that sustain is (music) a mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano while sustained is (music) held at a certain pitch.As verbs the difference between sustain and sustained
is that sustain is to maintain, or keep in existence while sustained is (sustain).As a noun sustain
is (music) a mechanism which can be used to hold a note, as the right pedal on a piano.As an adjective sustained is
held continuously at a certain level.sustain
English
Noun
(wikipedia sustain) (en noun)Verb
(en verb)- provisions to sustain an army
- Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil sustain ?
- You shall sustain more new disgraces.
- to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition
- A foundation sustains''' the superstructure; an animal '''sustains''' a load; a rope '''sustains a weight.
- (Shakespeare)
- his sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain
Derived terms
* sustainable * sustainedlyAnagrams
* English transitive verbssustained
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)Charles T. Ambrose
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.}}
