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Sustained vs Continuing - What's the difference?

sustained | continuing |

As verbs the difference between sustained and continuing

is that sustained is past tense of sustain while continuing is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective sustained

is held continuously at a certain level.

sustained

English

Verb

(head)
  • (sustain)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Held continuously at a certain level.
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    • , 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

    continuing

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
    • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.