The difference between Continuous and Disjoint

When used as adjectives, continuous means without stopping, whereas disjoint means not smooth or continuous.


Disjoint is also verb with the meaning: to render disjoint.

check bellow for the other definitions of Continuous and Disjoint

  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. Disjoint as an adjective:

    Not smooth or continuous; disjointed.

  2. Disjoint as an adjective (set theory, not comparable):

    Of two or more sets, having no members in common; having an intersection equal to the empty set.

  1. Disjoint as a verb:

    To render disjoint; to remove a connection, linkage, or intersection.

    Examples:

    "to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint poultry by carving"

  2. Disjoint as a verb:

    To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent.

    Examples:

    "a disjointed speech"

  3. Disjoint as a verb (obsolete):

    To fall into pieces.