Continual vs. Continuous
Difference Between Continual and Continuous
Continual➦
forming a sequence in which the same action or event is repeated frequently
his plane went down after continual attacks
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Continuous➦
Uninterrupted in time, sequence, substance, or extent.
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Continual➦
Recurring regularly or frequently
continual improvements in technology.
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Continuous➦
Attached together in repeated units
a continuous form fed into a printer.
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Continual➦
Not interrupted; steady
a process that requires continual monitoring.
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Continuous➦
Of or relating to a line or curve that extends without a break or irregularity.
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Continual➦
Recurring in steady, rapid succession.
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Continuous➦
Of or relating to a function between two topological spaces such that the preimage of any open set in the range is an open set in the domain.
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Continual➦
(proscribed) Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption.
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Continuous➦
Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
a continuous current of electricity
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Continual➦
(proscribed) Forming a continuous series.
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Continuous➦
Without intervening space; continued.
a continuous line of railroad
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Continual➦
Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.
He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
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Continuous➦
(botany) Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
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Continual➦
Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated.
The eye is deligh by a continental succession of small landscapes.
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Continuous➦
Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.
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Continual➦
seemingly without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series;
the continual banging of the shutters
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Continuous➦
Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected.
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Continual➦
`continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)
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Continuous➦
(grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.
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Continuous➦
Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity.
he can hear its continuous murmur.
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Continuous➦
Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
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Continuous➦
continuing in time or space without interruption;
a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of light
a continuous bout of illness lasting six months
lived in continuous fear
a continuous row of warehouses
a continuous line has no gaps or breaks in it
moving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks
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Continuous➦
of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity
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