What is the difference between continental and continent?
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Of or relating to a continent or continents.
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*(Henry Hallam) (1777-1859)
*:No former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances.
In the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands.
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Characteristic of the style of continental Europe, as opposed to British.
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*:“My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.”
Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.
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Someone from "the continent".
(US History) A member of the Continental army.
(US History) Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war (hence the expression "not worth a continental")
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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.
Continent is a related term of continental.
Continent is a derived term of continental.
As adjectives the difference between continental and continent
is that continental is of or relating to a continent or continents while continent is exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one's bodily needs or passions, especially sex.As nouns the difference between continental and continent
is that continental is someone from "the continent" while continent is land (as opposed to the water).As a proper noun Continent is
the Old World.continental
English
(wikipedia continental)Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (in the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands ): mainland * (characteristic of the style of continental Europe ) EuropeanAntonyms
* (characteristic of the style of continental Europe ): British, EnglishDerived terms
* continental breakfast * continental drift * continental plate * continental quilt * continental shelf * continental slopeNoun
(en noun)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.
- (Shakespeare)