Continuous
Continuous adjective - Going on and on without any interruptions.
Working and continuous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Working" instead an adjective "Continuous".
Working
Working adjective - Being in effective operation.
Continuous and working are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Continuous" instead an adjective "Working".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- One may argue that the swerve was that this series actually had a continuous plot working up to a Big Bad...
Source: Shocking Swerve -
Super Dimension Fortress Macross has a Zentraedi mothership that is still in perfect working order, and a factory satellite that is breaking down... but only because of continuous attacks on it during the last half million years.
Source: Ragnarok-Proofing -
In "Past Continuous", the inhabitants of a Bajoran Militia station are called collaborators by ultra-nationalist Bajoran protesters for working with (or in Captain Kanril Eleya's case, being in) Starfleet.
Source: Les Collaborateurs
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Working and Continuous. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/continuous/working
Continuous & Working. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/continuous/working>.
Working or Continuous. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/continuous/working.
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