Continuous and Discontinuous

Continuous

Continuous adjective - Going on and on without any interruptions.
Usage example: a city that has been under continuous bombardment for three days

Discontinuous is an antonym for continuous in topics: uninterrupted, constant.

Discontinuous

Discontinuous adjective - Lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence.
Usage example: the novel captures the discontinuous nature of a soldier's life: long stretches of boredom interrupted by flashes of chaos and panic

Continuous is an antonym for discontinuous.

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