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continent

Encratite vs Continent - What's the difference?

encratite | continent |


As nouns the difference between encratite and continent

is that encratite is (historical) one of an ascetic 2nd-century sect of christians who forbade marriage and counselled abstinence from meat while continent is an encratite.

As a proper noun continent is

(obsolete) the old world.

Continent vs Transcontinentally - What's the difference?

continent | transcontinentally |


As a proper noun continent

is (obsolete) the old world.

As a noun continent

is an encratite.

As an adverb transcontinentally is

in a transcontinental manner; across a continent.

Continent vs Extracontinental - What's the difference?

continent | extracontinental |


As a proper noun continent

is (obsolete) the old world.

As a noun continent

is an encratite.

As an adjective extracontinental is

beyond or outside a continent.

Continent vs Midcontinent - What's the difference?

continent | midcontinent |


As a proper noun continent

is (obsolete) the old world.

As a noun continent

is an encratite.

As an adjective midcontinent is

in or near the middle of a continent.

Continent vs Midcontinental - What's the difference?

continent | midcontinental |


As a proper noun continent

is (obsolete) the old world.

As a noun continent

is an encratite.

As an adjective midcontinental is

in the middle of a continent.

Continent vs Lebensraum - What's the difference?

continent | lebensraum |


As nouns the difference between continent and lebensraum

is that continent is an encratite while lebensraum is (chiefly|with reference to nations and peoples) hitherto unoccupied “living space” claimed as one’s rightful domain.

As a proper noun continent

is (obsolete) the old world.

Continent vs Continentality - What's the difference?

continent | continentality |


As nouns the difference between continent and continentality

is that continent is land (as opposed to the water) while continentality is the condition of being a continent.

As an adjective continent

is exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one's bodily needs or passions, especially sex.

As a proper noun Continent

is the Old World.

Continent vs Sahul - What's the difference?

continent | sahul |


As proper nouns the difference between continent and sahul

is that continent is the Old World while Sahul is the continent that contains the islands of Australia, New Guinea, and Tasmania, especially during the ice ages of the Pleistocene when these were connected by solid land.

As a noun continent

is land (as opposed to the water).

As an adjective continent

is exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one's bodily needs or passions, especially sex.

Continent vs Intracontinental - What's the difference?

continent | intracontinental |


As a proper noun continent

is (obsolete) the old world.

As a noun continent

is an encratite.

As an adjective intracontinental is

within a continent (especially occupying a large part of a continent).

Continent vs Ornithopod - What's the difference?

continent | ornithopod |


As nouns the difference between continent and ornithopod

is that continent is an encratite while ornithopod is a type of bipedal, herbivorous, bird-hipped dinosaur from the cretaceous period, found on all seven continents.

As a proper noun continent

is (obsolete) the old world.

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