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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 implies something that is happening repeatedly with interruptions in between.
- Continuous means something that is uninterrupted and happens without any pauses.
- Think of continual as starting and stopping, similar to how a car can move in traffic jams.
- Continuous can be remembered by considering it like a river that flows without stopping.
- Use continual for annoying events like continual interruptions and continuous for serene scenarios like continuous flow of water.
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