The difference between Continuous and Intermittent
When used as adjectives, continuous means without stopping, whereas intermittent means stopping and starting at intervals.
Intermittent is also noun with the meaning: an intermittent fever or disease.
check bellow for the other definitions of Continuous and Intermittent
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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.
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Intermittent as an adjective:
Stopping and starting at intervals; coming after a particular time span; not steady or constant
Examples:
"The day was cloudy with intermittent rain."
"Intermittent bugs are most difficult to reproduce."
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Intermittent as an adjective (specifically, geology, of a body of water):
Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year.
Examples:
"The area has many intermittent lakes and streams."
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Intermittent as a noun (medicine, dated):
An intermittent fever or disease.
Examples:
"rfquotek Dunglison"
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- constant vs continuous
- continual vs continuous
- continuous vs incessant
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- continuous vs unbroken
- continuous vs unceasing
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- 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
- intermittent vs patchy
- intermittent vs spasmodic