Continual vs. Continuous

Continual vs. Continuous — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Continual and Continuous

Continualadjective

Recurring in steady, rapid succession.

Continuousadjective

Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption

a continuous current of electricity

Continualadjective

(proscribed) Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption.

Continuousadjective

Without intervening space; continued

a continuous line of railroad

Continualadjective

(proscribed) Forming a continuous series.

Continuousadjective

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

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Continualadjective

seemingly without interruption; chiefly restricted to what recurs regularly or frequently in a prolonged and closely spaced series;

the continual banging of the shutters

Continuousadjective

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.

Continualadjective

`continual' (meaning seemingly uninterrupted) is often used interchangeably with `continuous' (meaning without interruption)

Continuousadjective

Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).

Each continuous function from the real line to the rationals is constant, since the rationals are totally disconnected.

Continuousadjective

(grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.

Continuousadjective

continuing in time or space without interruption;

a continuous rearrangement of electrons in the solar atoms results in the emission of lighta continuous bout of illness lasting six monthslived in continuous feara continuous row of warehousesa continuous line has no gaps or breaks in itmoving midweek holidays to the nearest Monday or Friday allows uninterrupted work weeks
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Continuousadjective

of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity