The difference between Continued and Continuous
When used as adjectives, continued means prolonged, whereas continuous means without stopping.
Continued is also noun with the meaning: the word continued when placed in the end of the page to show it is to be continued.
check bellow for the other definitions of Continued and Continuous
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Continued as an adjective (dated):
Prolonged; unstopped.
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Continued as an adjective:
Uninterrupted.
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Continued as a verb:
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Continued as a noun:
the word continued when placed in the end of the page to show it is to be continued
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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