The difference between Connected and Continuous
When used as adjectives, connected means (usually with "well-"): having favorable rapport with a powerful entity, whereas continuous means without stopping.
check bellow for the other definitions of Connected and Continuous
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Connected as an adjective:
(usually with "well-"): Having favorable rapport with a powerful entity.
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Connected as an adjective:
Having relationships; involved with others.
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Connected as an adjective (North America):
involved with organized crime, specifically someone not (yet) working for a crime organization, but referred to as a "friend" by made guys/wise guys inside the organization.
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Connected as an adjective:
Intimate; Having bonds of affection.
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Connected as an adjective (mathematics, topology, of a [[topological space]]):
That cannot be partitioned into two nonempty open sets.
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Connected as an adjective (mathematics, graph theory, of a [[graph]]):
Having a path, either directed or undirected, connecting every pair of vertices.
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Connected as an adjective:
Having or supporting connections, especially when through technology such as networking software or a transportation network.
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Connected as a verb:
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Continuous as an adjective:
Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption
Examples:
"synonyms: nonstop"
"a continuous current of electricity"
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Continuous as an adjective:
Without intervening space; continued
Examples:
"synonyms: protracted extended"
"a continuous line of railroad"
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Continuous as an adjective (botany):
Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
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Continuous as an adjective (analysis, of a [[function]]):
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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Continuous as an adjective (mathematics, more generally, of a function between two [[topological space]]s):
Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
Examples:
"Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected."
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Continuous as an adjective (grammar):
Expressing an ongoing action or state.
Compare words:
Compare with synonyms and related words:
- constant vs continuous
- continual vs continuous
- continuous vs incessant
- continuous vs never-ending
- continuous vs ongoing
- continuous vs unbroken
- continuous vs unceasing
- continuous vs unending
- continuous vs uninterrupted
- connected vs continuous
- continued vs continuous
- continuous vs extended
- continuous vs protracted
- continuous vs unbroken
- broken vs continuous
- continuous vs discontinuous
- continuous vs discrete
- continuous vs intermittent
- continuous vs interrupted
- broken vs continuous
- continuous vs disconnected
- continuous vs disjoint
- continuous vs unbroken
- continuous vs discontinuous
- continuous vs stepwise