different between incessant vs unbroken

English

Etymology

From Old French incessant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?s?s.?nt/
• Hyphenation: in?ces?sant

Adjective

incessant (comparative more incessant, superlative most incessant)

1. Without pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.

   The dog's incessant barking kept the girl awake all night.

Synonyms

• unremitting
• continuous
• unceasing

Translations

Anagrams

• anticness, cantiness, instances, tenascins

Catalan

Etymology

in- +? cessant

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /in.s??sant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /in.s??san/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.se?sant/

Adjective

incessant (masculine and feminine plural incessants)

1. incessant

Derived terms

• incessantment

Related terms

• cessar

Further reading

• “incessant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “incessant” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “incessant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “incessant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Adjective

incessant (feminine singular incessante, masculine plural incessants, feminine plural incessantes)

1. incessant

Further reading

• “incessant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• instances

Latin

Verb

incessant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of incess?

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?b?o?kn?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?b???kn?/
• Hyphenation: un?bro?ken

Etymology 1

From Middle English unbroken, from Old English un?ebrocen (“unbroken”), equivalent to un- +? broken. Cognate with Dutch ongebroken (“unbroken”), German Low German unbroken (“unbroken”), German ungebrochen (“unbroken”).

Adjective

unbroken (not comparable)

1. Whole, not divided into parts.

   After the vase had fallen down the flight of stairs we were amazed to find it still unbroken.

2. Of a horse, not tamed.

   There is something majestic about the spirit of an unbroken mustang as it runs wild across the prairie.

3. 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

Translations

Etymology 2

From unbreak.

Verb

unbroken

1. past participle of unbreak