Continental vs Domestic - What's the difference?
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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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Of or relating to the home.
* 1994 , George Whitmore, Getting Rid of Robert'' in ''Violet Quill :
Of or relating to activities normally associated with the home, wherever they actually occur.
(of an animal) Kept by someone, for example as a farm animal or a pet.
* 1890 , US Bureau of Animal Industry, Annual report v 6/7, 1889/90
Internal to a specific country.
* 1996', Robert O. Keohane, Helen V. Milner, ''Internationalization and '''Domestic Politics :
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= A house servant; a maid; a household worker.
* Mary Romero, Maid in the U.S.A. - New standards of cleanliness increased the workload for domestic s.
A domestic dispute, whether verbal or violent
* 2005:' Bellingham-Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence, ''Domestic Violence in Whatcom County'' (read on the Whatcom County website at on 20 May 2006) - The number of “verbal ' domestic s” (where law enforcement determines that no assault has occurred and where no arrest is made), decreased significantly.
As adjectives the difference between continental and domestic
is that continental is of or relating to a continent or continents while domestic is of or relating to the home.As nouns the difference between continental and domestic
is that continental is someone from "the continent" while domestic is a house servant; a maid; a household worker.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)domestic
English
(wikipedia domestic)Alternative forms
* domestick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- “Dan’s not as domestic as you," I commented rather nastily.
- It shall be the duty of any owner or person in charge of any domestic animal or animals.
- The proportion of international economic flows relative to domestic ones.
Boundary problems, passage=Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.}}
