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Continuance vs Extent - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between continuance and extent

is that continuance is the action of continuing while extent is a range of values or locations.

As an adjective extent is

extended.

continuance

English

Alternative forms

* continuaunce

Noun

  • (uncountable) The action of continuing.
  • (countable, legal) An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period.

    • Antonyms

    * discontinuance

    extent

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A range of values or locations.
  • The space, area, volume, etc., to which something extends.
    • The extent of his knowledge of the language is a few scattered words.
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  • (computing) A contiguous area of storage in a file system.

    • See also

    * scope * ("extent" on Wikipedia)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Extended.
    • (Spenser)
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