Difference between Continues and Retain

CONTINUES vs RETAIN: VERB

To continue to have as a feature or aspect.
To require (a student) to repeat a class or grade because of insufficient educational progress to advance.
To keep in one's service or pay.
To hire (an attorney, for example) by the payment of a fee.
To hire someone for (his or her services).
To continue to hold; to keep in possession; not to lose, part with, or dismiss; to restrain from departure, escape, or the like.
To keep in pay; to employ by a preliminary fee paid; to hire; to engage.
To restrain; to prevent.
A wall built to keep any movable backing, or a bank of sand or earth, in its place; -- called also retain wall.
To keep in a particular place or condition.
To keep possession of; continue to have: : keep.
To keep in mind; remember.

To hold back; restrain; hinder from action, departure, or escape; keep back; detain.
To hold or keep in possession; reserve as one's own.
To continue in the use or practice of; preserve; keep up; keep from dying out: as, to retain a custom; to retain an appearance of youth.
To keep in mind; preserve a knowledge or idea of; remember.
To pertain; belong; be a dependent or retainer.
To keep on: continue.
=Syn. 2–4. Reserve, Preserve, etc. See keep.
To entertain.
To keep in pay; hire; take into service; especially, to engage by the payment of a preliminary fee: as, to retain counsel.

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

Sustain, Obtain, Attract, Secure, Lose, Preserve, Maintain, Keep on, Hold back, Keep back, Reserve, Engage, Hold, Continue, Keep

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

Recruit, Maintaining, Uphold, Remain, Obtain, Attract, Secure, Lose, Preserve, Keep on, Keep back, Reserve, Hold, Continue, Keep

The practice of laboratory medicine continues to change.
The PRC continues to prepare a civil code.
China also continues its coercive population control policies.
SEP continues to stay ahead of the curve.
The Court continues to operate using online technology.
As your business continues to grow, your need for effective and efficient leaders continues to grow.
Rather than condemn this lunacy that is happening in our country, the majority continues to appease, continues to fuel this horrible behavior.
As technology continues to advance, the expectations of how future teachers integrate technology into their classrooms also continues to change.
And so essentially it is a rolling formula which continues over time and continues to update itself.
As South America continues to move west, the Nazca plate continues to subduct, and mountain building in the Andes continues.

Then refold paper in manner to retain material.
Please retain this copyright notice in the script.
He would retain this affiliation throughout his life.
Postal Code please retain all packaging and contents!
The original form is on paper, and so the only way to retain the originalis to retain that same paper form.
The lessee shall retain one set and the lessor shall retain another set.
The ETS will retain electronic copies of the receipts inaccordance with statutory requirements; travelers are encouraged to retain scanned hard copies, as well.
Microsoft commits that it will not retain our data when it is no longer necessary to retain such data.
The draft rule would require creditors to retain information that the staff believes theyalready retain for business and other reasons.
Employers who choose to photocopy and retain these documents should not retain the information in a personnel file.