Continual vs Repeated - What's the difference?
continual | repeated |
Recurring in steady, rapid succession.
(proscribed) Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption.
(proscribed) Forming a continuous series.
(repeat)
Having been said or done again.
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Sequential.
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As adjectives the difference between continual and repeated
is that continual is recurring in steady, rapid succession while repeated is having been said or done again.As a verb repeated is
(repeat).continual
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Alternative forms
* continuall (obsolete)Adjective
(-)Usage notes
In careful usage, continual refers to repeated'' actions “continual objections”, while continuous refers to ''uninterrupted'' actions or objects “continuous flow”, “played music continuously from dusk to dawn”. However, this distinction is not observed in informal usage, a noted example being the magic spell name “continual light” (unbroken light), in the game ''.References
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*repeated
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.
- The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated' modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often ' repeated —conceptual modification.