The difference between Continuous and Digital

When used as adjectives, continuous means without stopping, whereas digital means having to do with digits (fingers or toes).


Digital is also noun with the meaning: a digital option.

check bellow for the other definitions of Continuous and Digital

  1. Continuous as an adjective:

    Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption

    Examples:

    "synonyms: nonstop"

    "a continuous current of electricity"

  2. Continuous as an adjective:

    Without intervening space; continued

    Examples:

    "synonyms: protracted extended"

    "a continuous line of railroad"

  3. Continuous as an adjective (botany):

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

  4. 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.

  5. 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."

  6. Continuous as an adjective (grammar):

    Expressing an ongoing action or state.

  1. Digital as an adjective:

    Having to do with digits (fingers or toes); performed with a finger.

  2. Digital as an adjective:

    Property of representing values as discrete, usually binary, numbers rather than a continuous spectrum.

    Examples:

    "'digital computer; digital clock"

  3. Digital as an adjective:

    Of or relating to computers or the Information Age.

    Examples:

    "Digital payment systems are replacing cash transactions."

  1. Digital as a noun (finance):

    A digital option.

  2. Digital as a noun (uncountable):

    Digital equipment or technology.

    Examples:

    "He moved to digital for the first time, using a Sony camera."

  3. Digital as a noun (music):

    Any of the keys of a piano or similar instrument.

  4. Digital as a noun (colloquial, humorous):

    A finger.