Continuous
Continuous adjective - Going on and on without any interruptions.
Usage example: a city that has been under continuous bombardment for three days
Recurring is an antonym for continuous.
Recurring
Recurring adjective - Occurring or appearing at intervals.
Usage example: death and spirituality are recurring themes throughout the whole of this author's work
Continuous is an antonym for recurring.
Both words in one sentence
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Taken for Granite: A recurring ailment, and a continuous source of Nightmare Fuel in Digital Devil Saga, where the vast majority of Humanity is now a huge statuary.
Source: Franchise / Shin Megami Tensei - Characters who are one-shot or infrequent recurring characters in serial works would more likely follow the "continuous" rule.
Source: Analysis / The Woobie - Walking Tank Zeppelins from Another World — A stage one recurring enemy is a zeppelin so large, we only ever see a part of its bottom, apparently armoured well enough to withstand continuous fire from the Walker's guns.
Source: Video Game / Walker
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