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Refinement vs Continuation - What's the difference?

refinement | continuation |

As nouns the difference between refinement and continuation

is that refinement is the act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material while continuation is the act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.

refinement

English

(wikipedia refinement)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
  • High-class style; cultivation.
  • A fine or subtle distinction.

    • 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.

    • Related terms

    * continue * continuable * continuative

    Antonyms

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