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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread unrelenting/relentless #169726 08/28/2007 10:45 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Do you *feel any difference? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: unrelenting/relentless AnnaStrophic #169727 08/28/2007 11:38 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont a very tiny bit. relentless is a tad more harsh. but barely. formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: unrelenting/relentless AnnaStrophic #169731 08/29/2007 11:04 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland Both are polysyllabic, with different stresses - so it's an ideal case for adapting the choice of the word to the melody of the sentence.. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: unrelenting/relentless wsieber #169738 08/29/2007 3:40 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Myridon addict Myridon addict Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX I would say that "unrelenting" seems slightly more active, purposeful, willful, or something like that. The relentless pounding of the waves on the beach wore away the sand. Those damned waves are unrelenting! Why won't they stop?! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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