Continuous vs. Discontinuous — What's the Difference?

Uninterrupted in time, sequence, substance, or extent.

Marked by breaks or interruptions; intermittent

Attached together in repeated units

Consisting of distinct or unconnected elements, such as the physical features of a landscape.

Of or relating to a line or curve that extends without a break or irregularity.

Being without sequential order or coherent form.

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.

(Mathematics) Possessing one or more discontinuities, as a function.

Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.

Having breaks or interruptions; intermittent

Without intervening space; continued.

(mathematics) having at least one discontinuity

(botany) Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.

Not continuous; interrupted; broken off.

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.

Exhibiting a dissolution of continuity; gaping.

Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).

Of a function or curve; possessing one or more discontinuities

(grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.

Not continuing without interruption in time or space;

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.

Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.

Continuing in time or space without interruption;

Of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity