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Continual or continuous?

Continuous means without any break at all: continuous rain from Tuesday to Friday. Continual means repeated with gaps in between: continual interruptions. If it stopped and started, it was continual. If it genuinely never stopped, it was continuous. Continual usually carries irritation; continuous is neutral.

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continual

repeated, with gaps — usually annoying

Happening again and again over a period.

continual interruptions · continual complaints

continuous

unbroken — no gaps at all

Going on without any interruption.

continuous rain · continuous service · a continuous line

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The   interruptions meant the meeting ran an hour over.

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