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Unbroken vs Sustained - What's the difference?

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Unbroken is a related term of sustained.


As adjectives the difference between unbroken and sustained

is that unbroken is whole, not divided into parts while sustained is held continuously at a certain level.

As a verb sustained is

(sustain).

unbroken

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Whole, not divided into parts.
  • After the vase had fallen down the flight of stairs we were amazed to find it still unbroken .
  • Of a horse, not tamed.
  • There is something majestic about the spirit of an unbroken mustang as it runs wild across the prairie.
  • Continuous, without interruption.
  • The team's unbroken winning streak was a record.

    Synonyms

    * (whole, not divided into parts ): complete, entire, in one piece, undivided, whole * (describing a horse ): untamed, wild * (continuous ): continuous, uninterrupted

    Antonyms

    * (whole ): broken, shattered, smashed, split * (describing a horse ): domesticated, tame, tamed * (continuous ): broken, interrupted

    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