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Continual vs. Continuous
Continual
/kənˈtɪnjuəl/Examples:
Her continual interruptions disrupted the meeting flow.Continual learning is essential in fast-evolving industries.The continual improvements to the product impressed users.
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Continuous
/kənˈtɪnjuəs/Examples:
Everything permanent, everything continuous called for 'Right!'The answer was to make the holiday continuous.This would have to be continuous.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Continual suggests something that happens frequently but with breaks or interruptions in between.
- Continuous implies an unbroken and uninterrupted duration, meaning something that doesn't stop at all.
- Think of continual as a series of events repeated over time, while continuous is like a straight line with no gaps.
- Use continual when referring to something that is recurring often, but not without pause.
- Use continuous for things that occur persistently without any pause or interruption.
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