Frequent vs Continues - What's the difference?
frequent | continues |
Done or occurring often; common.
Occurring at short intervals.
* Byron
Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
* Jonathan Swift
(obsolete) Full; crowded; thronged.
* Ben Jonson
(obsolete) Often or commonly reported.
* Massinger
(continue)
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to proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
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To make last; to prolong.
* , New York, 2001, p.74:
To retain (someone) in a given state, position etc.
* 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p.257:
To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
* Milton
* Bible, Matthew xv. 32
to resume
(legal) To adjourn, prorogue, put off.
(poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
(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
As adjectives the difference between frequent and continues
is that frequent is frequent; often while continues is .frequent
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) frequent, from (etyl) .Schwartzman, The Words of Mathematics: An Etymological Dictionary of Mathematical Terms Used in EnglishAdjective
- I take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired.
- There are frequent trains to the beach available.
- I am a frequent visitor to that city.
- frequent feudal towers
- He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government.
- 'Tis Caesar's will to have a frequent senate.
- 'Tis frequent in the city he hath subdued / The Catti and the Daci.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) frequenter, from (etyl)Derived terms
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* * English heteronyms ----continues
English
Verb
(head)continue
English
Verb
(continu)- Shall I continue speaking, or will you just interrupt me again?
- Do you want me to continue to unload these?
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- Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants.
- Can you account him wise or discreet that would willingly have his health, and yet will do nothing that should procure or continue it?
- 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 […].
- Here to continue , and build up here / A growing empire.
- They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat.
- When will the concert continue ?
- This meeting has been continued to the thirteenth of July.
