The difference between Continuous and Uninterrupted
When used as adjectives, continuous means without stopping, whereas uninterrupted means continuing with no interruption.
check bellow for the other definitions of Continuous and Uninterrupted
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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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Uninterrupted as an adjective:
continuing with no interruption
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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