continuant

As adjectives the difference between continual and continuant

is that continual is recurring in steady, rapid succession while continuant is continuing; prolonged; sustained.

As a noun continuant is

(phonetics) a linguistic sound other than a stop.

In mathematics|lang=en terms the difference between continuant and discontinuous

is that continuant is (mathematics) a determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix while discontinuous is (mathematics) having at least one discontinuity.

As adjectives the difference between continuant and discontinuous

is that continuant is continuing; prolonged; sustained while discontinuous is having breaks or interruptions; intermittent.

As a noun continuant

is (phonetics) a linguistic sound other than a stop.

As nouns the difference between continuant and contingent

is that continuant is (phonetics) a linguistic sound other than a stop while contingent is an event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.

As adjectives the difference between continuant and contingent

is that continuant is continuing; prolonged; sustained while contingent is possible or liable, but not certain to occur; incidental; casual.

In phonetics|lang=en terms the difference between continuant and obstruent

is that continuant is (phonetics) a linguistic sound other than a stop while obstruent is (phonetics) a consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; the generic term of plosive, fricative and affricate.

As nouns the difference between continuant and obstruent

is that continuant is (phonetics) a linguistic sound other than a stop while obstruent is (phonetics) a consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; the generic term of plosive, fricative and affricate.

As adjectives the difference between continuant and obstruent

is that continuant is continuing; prolonged; sustained while obstruent is causing obstruction; blocking up; hindering.

As adjectives the difference between continuant and lateral

is that continuant is continuing; prolonged; sustained while lateral is lateral.

As a noun continuant

is (phonetics) a linguistic sound other than a stop.