continue vs stop: What's the difference?

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Which is correct: continue or stop

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continueverb

continue a certain state, condition, or activity

continueverb

span an interval of distance, space or time

continueverb

continue talking

continueverb

keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

continueverb

continue in a place, position, or situation

continueverb

do something repeatedly and showing no intention to stop

continueverb

move ahead; travel onward in time or space

continueverb

allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature

continueverb

continue after an interruption

continueverb

exist over a prolonged period of time

stopverb

put an end to a state or an activity

stopnoun

an obstruction in a pipe or tube

stopnoun

the act of stopping something

stopverb

prevent completion

stopnoun

the state of inactivity following an interruption

stopverb

stop from happening or developing

stopverb

render unsuitable for passage

stopnoun

a restraint that checks the motion of something

stopverb

have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

stopverb

stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

stopverb

interrupt a trip

stopverb

seize on its way

stopnoun

a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens

stopnoun

a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

stopverb

come to a halt, stop moving

stopnoun

the event of something ending

stopnoun

a brief stay in the course of a journey

stopnoun

a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

stopverb

hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

stopnoun

a spot where something halts or pauses

stopverb

cause to stop

stopnoun

(music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes

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