What is the difference between Continual and Continuous?
What is the difference between Continual and Continuous? :
Continual : (adjective)
( 1 ) Always happening
Very frequent and without cessation
Going on all the time without stopping or repeatedly
I am tired of their continual talking.
How do we prevent these continual breakdowns?
Are you not tired of this continual rain?
Continuous : (adjective)
( 1 ) Going on without stopping or being interrupted
Our political institutions are in continuous evolution.
There is continuous increase in our military capacity.
( 2 ) CONTINUAL describes an action which is repeated again and again.
Please stop your continual questions.
She was chided for continual interruptions.
( 3 ) CONTINUOUS indicates that the action carries on without stopping or interruptions.
There was a continuous flow of traffic.
They chattered continuously for an hour.
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