Cancelled and Discontinued

Cancelled

Cancelled adjective - (of events) no longer planned or scheduled.

Discontinued and cancelled are semantically related in participle topic. In some cases you can use "Discontinued" instead an adjective "Cancelled".

Discontinued

Discontinued adjective - Stopped permanently or temporarily.

Cancelled and discontinued are semantically related in participle topic. Sometimes you can use "Cancelled" instead an adjective "Discontinued".

Both words in one sentence

  • Gainax Ending It didn't get cancelled or discontinued either, it's supposed to end there.
    Source: Gainax Ending
  • Updated Re-release Especially nice since the e-Reader was discontinued in the US and were pretty much immediately cancelled in Europe.
  • After Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock was released in late 2010, development of all games in the series (including spinoffs DJ Hero and Band Hero) were cancelled, the Hero franchise was discontinued by Activision in February 2011, and Neversoft's Guitar Hero division was liquidated.
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