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Continue vs Sequence - What's the difference?

continue | sequence |

As verbs the difference between continue and sequence

is that continue is while sequence is .

As an adjective sequence is

sequenced.

continue

English

Verb

(continu)
  • to proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
  • Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again?
    Do you want me to continue to unload these?
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 15, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC
  • , title= Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea , passage=Fuelled by their fury, Spurs surged forward and gave themselves hope after 56 minutes when Scott Parker's precise through-ball released Adebayor. He was pulled down in the area by Cech but referee Atkinson allowed play to continue for Bale to roll the ball into an empty net.}}
  • *
  • Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.
  • To make last; to prolong.
  • * , New York, 2001, p.74:
  • Can you account him wise or discreet that would willingly have his health, and yet will do nothing that should procure or continue it?
  • To retain (someone) in a given state, position etc.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p.257:
  • The schools were very much the brainchild of Bertin, and although the latter was ousted from the post of Controller-General by Choiseul in 1763, he was continued by the king as a fifth secretary of state […].
  • To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
  • * Milton
  • Here to continue , and build up here / A growing empire.
  • * Bible, Matthew xv. 32
  • They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.
  • to resume
  • When will the concert continue ?
  • (legal) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
  • This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July.
  • (poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
  • Usage notes

    * In the transitive sense, (continue) may be followed by either the present participle or the infinitive; hence use either "to continue writing" or "to continue to write". * As (continue) conveys the sense of progression, it is pleonastic to follow it with "on" (as in "Continue on with what you were doing").

    Synonyms

    * carry on, go on with, keep, keep on, proceed with * (sense) carry on, go on, proceed, resume

    Antonyms

    * terminate, discontinue

    Noun

    (wikipedia continue) {{examples-right, sense=statement which causes a loop to execute the next iteration, examples= Line 3 of the following pseudocode contains a continue . 1. for c = 1 to 5 do 2. tif (c == 3) do 3. ttcontinue; 4. tend 5. tprint(c + " "); 6. end}} (en noun)
  • (video games) an option allowing a gamer to resume play after have been lost.
  • (video games) an option allowing a player to .
  • (programming) a , skipping the statements following it
  • Coordinate terms

    * (statement which causes a loop to execute the next iteration) 1000 English basic words ----

    sequence

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A set of things next to each other in a set order; a series
  • A series of musical phrases where a theme or melody is repeated, with some change each time, such as in pitch or length (example: opening of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony ).
  • A musical composition used in some Catholic Masses between the readings. The most famous sequence is the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) formerly used in funeral services.
  • (mathematics) An ordered list of objects.
  • A subsequent event; a consequence or result.
  • * 1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, pp. 12-13:
  • he found no words to convey the impressions he had received; then he gave way to the anger always the sequence of the antagonism of opinion between them.
  • A series of shots that depict a single action or style in a film, television show etc.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=What follows is a bunch of nonstop goofery involving chase sequences', dream ' sequences , fast-changing costumes and an improbable beard, a little musical help from Flight Of The Conchords, and ultimately a very physical confrontation with a surprisingly spry Victoria. }}
  • (card games) A meld consisting of three or more cards of successive ranks in the same suit, such as the four, five and six of hearts.
  • Usage notes

    * (mathematics) Beginning students often confuse (term) with (series).

    Verb

  • to arrange in an order
  • to determine the order of things, especially of amino acids in a protein, or of bases in a nucleic acid
  • to produce (music) with a sequencer