Continence vs Celibate - What's the difference?
continence | celibate |
The voluntary control of urination and defecation.
Moderation or self-restraint, especially in sexual activity; abstinence.
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* Dryden
* Jeremy Taylor
Uninterrupted course; continuity.
Not married.
(by extension) Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.
One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.
(obsolete) A celibate state; celibacy.
* Jeremy Taylor
As nouns the difference between continence and celibate
is that continence is the voluntary control of urination and defecation while celibate is one who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.As an adjective celibate is
not married.continence
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Noun
(-)- He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave off, — a continence which is practiced by few writers.
- Chastity is either abstinence or continence': abstinence is that of virgins or widows; ' continence , that of married persons.
- (Ayliffe)
Antonyms
* incontinenceReferences
*celibate
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Alternative forms
*Adjective
(-)- ''Members of religious communities sometimes take vows to remain celibate .
Synonyms
* (not married) unmarried, single * (abstaining from sex) abstinent, chaste, pureDerived terms
* celibatelyNoun
(en noun)- He preferreth holy celibate before the estate of marrige.