Continent vs State - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) Land (as opposed to the water).
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.v:
A large contiguous landmass considered independent of its islands, peninsulas etc. Specifically, the Old World continent of Europe–Asia–Africa. See the Continent.
Each of the main continuous land-masses on the earth's surface, now generally regarded as seven in number, including their related islands, continental shelves etc.
Exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one's bodily needs or passions, especially sex.
* Shakespeare
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 119:
Not interrupted; connected; continuous.
* Berrewood
(obsolete) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.
A polity.
# Any sovereign polity; a government.
#* 20C , (Albert Einstein), as quoted by Virgil Henshaw in Albert Einstein: Philosopher Scientist (1949)
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, title= # A political division of a federation retaining a degree of autonomy, for example one of the fifty United States. See also Province.
# (obsolete) A form of government other than a monarchy.
#* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
# (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
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# (computing) The stable condition of a processor during a particular clock cycle.
# (computing) The set of all parameters relevant to a computation.
# (computing) The values of all parameters at some point in a computation.
# (sciences) The physical property of matter as solid, liquid, gas or plasma.
# (obsolete) Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.
High social standing or circumstance.
# Pomp, ceremony, or dignity.
# Rank; condition; quality.
#* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
# Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous circumstances; social importance.
#* (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626)
#* (Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
# A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais; a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself.
#* (John Milton) (1608-1674)
#* (Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
# (obsolete) A great person, a dignitary; a lord or prince.
#* 1644 , (John Milton), (Aeropagitica) :
# (obsolete) Estate, possession.
#* (Philip Massinger) (1583-1640)
(mathematics, stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random process.
(lb) To declare to be a fact.
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To make known.
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In obsolete terms the difference between continent and state
is that continent is the Old World while state is stately.As a verb state is
to declare to be a fact.continent
English
(wikipedia continent)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- The carkas with the streame was carried downe, / But th'head fell backeward on the continent .
Derived terms
* the Continent * continental * supercontinentSee also
*Hyponyms
* Africa * America * Antarctica * Asia * Australia * Europe * Eurasia * Gondwana * Laurasia * North America * Oceania * Pangaea * South AmericaEtymology 2
From (etyl) continent, from (etyl) .Adjective
(en adjective)- Have a continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower.
- A celibate himself, he was of the opinion that marriage was something of a concession to human frailty, to save from fornication those who could not be continent , so it was better to marry than to burn with lust.
- a continent fever
- The northeast part of Asia is, if not continent with the west side of America, yet certainly it is the least disjoined by sea of all that coast.
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Antonyms
* incontinentstate
English
Noun
(wikipedia state) (en noun)- Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.
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- Well monarchies may own religion's name, / But states are atheists in their very fame.
- Declare the past and present state of things.
- Thy honour, state , and seat is due to me.
- She instructed him how he should keep state , and yet with a modest sense of his misfortunes.
- Can this imperious lord forget to reign, / Quit all his state , descend, and serve again?
- His high throne,under state / Of richest texture spread.
- When he went to court, he used to kick away the state , and sit down by his prince cheek by jowl.
- They who to States and Governours of the Commonwealth direct their Speech.
- (Daniel)
- Your state , my lord, again is yours.