continuance vs continuation
Definitions
noun
- the act of continuing an activity without interruption
- the period of time during which something continues
- the property of enduring or continuing in time
Examples
In a truly participatory democratic society, an educated and skilled population is essential to its continuance.
It was said that national crimes can only be, and frequently are, punished in this world by _national punishments_, and that the continuance of the slave trade, and thus giving it a national character, sanction, and encouragement, ought to be considered as justly exposing us to the displeasure and vengeance of him who is equally the Lord of all, and who views with equal eye the poor _African slave_ and his _American master_! [
The work, epic in its tendencies, belongs to the category of burlesque compositions in macaronic verse (that is in a jargon, made up of Latin words mingled with Italian words, given a Latin aspect), which had already been inaugurated by Tifi Odasi in his "Macaronea", and which, in a measure, marks a continuance of the goliardic traditions of the Middle Ages.
Definitions
noun
- the act of continuing an activity without interruption
- a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
- the consequence of being lengthened in duration
- a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it
Examples
This proposed procurement is a continuation of an existing contractual agreement for the developed prototype NASA Student Ambassadors Virtual Community (NSAVC) web site. ...
Additionally, FDA officials decided the drug must carry a warning on its label stating, "An increased rate of stroke was observed following Xarelto discontinuation in clinical trials" in patients with the faulty heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation.
It's the coalition forces who are to blame for the continuation of the war.
