Difference between Continue and Persist

CONTINUE vs PERSIST: NOUN

An option allowing a gamer to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost.
An option allowing a player to resume a saved game.

To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last.
To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course, or series of actions.
To carry on; persist in.
To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.
To postpone or adjourn.
To carry on after an interruption; resume.
To carry further in time, space, or development; extend.
To extend in a given direction.
To go on with a particular action or in a particular condition; persist.
To remain in the same state, capacity, or place.
To go on after an interruption; resume.
To cause to remain or last; retain or maintain.
To exist over a period; last.

To continue in existence; last.
To hold firmly and steadfastly to a purpose, state, or undertaking despite obstacles, warnings, or setbacks.
To be obstinately repetitious, insistent, or tenacious.
To stand firm; to be fixed and unmoved; to stay; to continue steadfastly; especially, to continue fixed in a course of conduct against opposing motives; to persevere; -- sometimes conveying an unfavorable notion, as of doggedness or obstinacy.

To unite; to connect.
To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.
To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length.
To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; ; also, to suffer to live.

Synonyms Sojourn, etc. See abide.
To last; be durable; endure; be permanent.
To remain in a state or place; abide or stay indefinitely.
He continued, "but there is no choice"
Cause to remain or last
Move ahead
Travel onward in time or space
To persevere; be steadfast or constant in any course.
To go forward or onward in any course or action; proceed: the opposite of cease: as, he continued talking for some minutes more.
To suffer or cause to remain as before; retain: as, to continue judges in their posts.
To carry on from the point of suspension; resume the course of; extend in the same course: as, to continue a line of railroad from its present terminus; the story will be continued next week.
To persevere in; not to cease to do or use: as, to continue the same diet.
To protract or carry on; not to cease from or terminate.
To extend from one point to another; produce or draw out in length: as, continue the line from A to B; let the line be continued to the boundary.
To connect or unite; make continuous.
To keep enduringly; prolong the state or life of.

To continue steadily and firmly in some state, course of action, or pursuit, especially in spite of opposition, remonstrance, etc.; persevere, especially with some degree of obstinacy.

Keep on, Go forward, Bear on, Persist in, Go along, Go on, Carry on, Stay on, Preserve, Uphold, Retain, Proceed, Stay, Keep, Remain

Perpetuate, Exist, Continue, Persistent, Die hard, Linger, Hang on, Hold on, Hang in, Run, Stay, Persevere, Endure, Prevail, Remain

Continuation, Ongoing, Persist, Keep on, Persist in, Bear on, Go on, Carry on, Stay on, Preserve, Uphold, Retain, Stay, Keep, Remain

Survive, Perpetuate, Exist, Continue, Persistent, Linger, Die hard, Hang on, Hold on, Hang in, Run, Stay, Persevere, Endure, Remain

Just as students need support to continue learning, teachers need support to continue teaching.
Service members may continue to submit reimbursement requests, and DANTES will continue to assist applicants with submissions, approve requests, and respond to customer inquiries.
Must maintain both qualifying svcs to continue credits and service addresses must match to continue credits.
These rates continue to incentivize potential buyers and the home buying season, which shifted from spring to summer, will likely continue into the fall.
Shops will continue to trade, and businesses like manufacturing and construction will continue.
Continue to maintain a healthy relationship with your providers and continue to send requests until they follow your invoicing process consistently.
While obvious, it bears notingthat MCOs must have revenues at or above operating costs to continue operations and to continue to provide services.
We expect that these costs and investments will continue to increase as we continue to grow our business.
If the Moped is not locked, the trip will continue and Member will continue to be charged.
The site will be updated regularly to continue to provide more free resources as closures continue.

It may persist and can worsen over time.
And yet we all persist in using them.
Both conditions mentioned above continue to persist today.
Symptoms may persist for months in some patients.
They persist beyond the rejection of their antecedents.
But actually like no persist in practicing power.
In semen it may persist for two weeks.
Connectionsmay senesce rapidly or persist for many years.
Automatically persist variable values: Enabling this will persist the current value of variables to the initial value at the end of every request execution.
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