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Progression vs Continuation - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between progression and continuation

is that progression is the act of moving from one thing to another while continuation is the act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.

progression

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of moving from one thing to another.
  • The act of moving forward; a proceeding in a course; motion onward.
  • (mathematics) A sequence obtained by adding or multiplying each term by a constant.
  • Synonyms

    * (mathematics) sequence

    Derived terms

    * arithmetic progression * geometric progression

    continuation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia continuation) (en noun)
  • The act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.
  • That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.
  • the continuation of a story
    The series' continuation was commercially if not artistically successful.
  • (computing) A representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may be used at a later time to resume the execution of the program from that point.
  • (basketball) A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning before the foul, and that is therefore valid in certain forms of basketball.
  • Antonyms

    * (act or state of continuing or being continued) termination, discontinuation