Difference between Gradual and Piecemeal

GRADUAL vs PIECEMEAL: NOUN

(Roman Catholic Church) an antiphon (usually from the Book of Psalms) immediately after the epistle at Mass
The liturgical book containing the chants for the Mass.
A biblical text sung between the Epistle and the Gospel of the Mass.
A series of steps.
In the Rom. Cath, Ch.: An antiphon sung after the reading of the epistle, while the book is moved from the epistle to the gospel side of the altar: so called because it was formerly sung by the subdeacon or epistler and cantor on the step (gradus) of the ambo or pulpit from which the epistle was read.
An office-book formerly in use, containing the antiphons called graduals, as well as introits and other antiphons, etc., of the mass. Also called the cantatory or cantatorium.
An antiphon or responsory after the epistle, in the Mass, which was sung on the steps, or while the deacon ascended the steps.
A service book containing the musical portions of the Mass.

Of a topographical gradient; not steep or abrupt
Occurring or developing slowly or by small increments.
Proceeding by steps or degrees; advancing, step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow
Proceeding by steps or small degrees; advancing step by step, as in ascent or descent or from one state to another; regularly progressive; slow; as, a gradual increase of knowledge; a gradual decline.
Proceeding in small stages

Marked by or divided into degrees; proceeding by orderly stages or sequence; graduated.
Moderate in degree of movement or change; proceeding with slow regularity; not abrupt or sudden: as, a gradual rise or fall of the thermometer; gradual improvement in health.

Fragmentary; disconnected.
In pieces; in or into bits or fragments.
By pieces; bit by bit; little by little; gradually: often pleonastically by piecemeal.

Systematic, Phased, Steady, Slow, Step by step, In small stages, Gradatory, Bit by bit, Graduated, Sloping, Easy, Gradational, Gentle, Piecemeal, Stepwise

Phased, Incremental, Fragmentary, Unilateral, Systematic, Disjointed, Fragmented, Patchwork, In stages, Bit by bit, In small stages, Little by little, Step by step, Stepwise, Gradual

Systematic, Phased, Steady, Slow, Step by step, In small stages, Gradatory, Bit by bit, Graduated, Sloping, Easy, Gradational, Gentle, Piecemeal, Stepwise

Disparate, Phased, Incremental, Fragmentary, Unilateral, Systematic, Disjointed, Fragmented, Patchwork, Step by step, Little by little, In small stages, Bit by bit, Stepwise, Gradual

Recent rainfall will cause a more gradual fall.
Practical Inference With Systems of Gradual Implicative Rules.
Why a gradual plan works where diets fail.
Bacterial differentiation via gradual activation of global regulators.
Changes in volatility range from gradual to abrupt.
The winch brake shall have a gradual action.
When there are more fish out there, you see a gradual reduction in growth and then you see a gradual reduction in survival.
The first applies calculus to make gradual improvements to individual ANNswhilethe second applies evolutionary principles to yield gradual improvements in large populations of ANNs.
Gradual transitions of one slide to another by means of gradual dimming or brightening of the slide.
Gradual deterioration the cost of rectifying corrosion, erosion, wasting, wearing away, abrasion, or other gradual deterioration including that caused by atmospheric conditions.

The government adopted some of its recommendations piecemeal.
Piecemeal implementation is occurring incidentally through the IAHP.
Partial piecemeal submittals will be rejected without review.
Charges can be filed piecemeal to prolong incarceration.
Bible since we study it piecemeal so often.
There is no piecemeal mastery of litigation skills.
Forest 'peace' deal piecemeal on high conservation value.
This info should not be coming out piecemeal.
Alternately, you can piecemeal your own technology together.
We have seen over the past few decades, however, that piecemeal reform efforts bring piecemeal results.