The difference between Continuous and Unbroken
When used as adjectives, continuous means without stopping, whereas unbroken means whole, not divided into parts.
check bellow for the other definitions of Continuous and Unbroken
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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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Unbroken as an adjective:
Whole, not divided into parts.
Examples:
"After the vase had fallen down the flight of stairs we were amazed to find it still unbroken."
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Unbroken as an adjective:
Of a horse, not tamed.
Examples:
"There is something majestic about the spirit of an unbroken mustang as it runs wild across the prairie."
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Unbroken as an adjective:
Continuous, without interruption.
Examples:
"The team's unbroken winning streak was a record."
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Unbroken as a verb:
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- continuous vs uninterrupted
- connected vs continuous
- continued vs continuous
- continuous vs extended
- continuous vs protracted
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- broken vs continuous
- continuous vs discontinuous
- continuous vs discrete
- continuous vs intermittent
- continuous vs interrupted
- broken vs continuous
- continuous vs disconnected
- continuous vs disjoint
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- continuous vs discontinuous
- continuous vs stepwise
- complete vs unbroken
- entire vs unbroken
- unbroken vs undivided
- unbroken vs whole
- broken vs unbroken
- shattered vs unbroken
- smashed vs unbroken
- split vs unbroken
- unbroken vs untamed
- unbroken vs wild
- domesticated vs unbroken
- tame vs unbroken
- tamed vs unbroken
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- broken vs unbroken
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