duration vs continuation

continuation vs duration

duration and continuation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
duration	Yes	No	No	No
continuation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, continuation is a hyponym of duration; that is, continuation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than duration:

duration: continuance in time
continuation: the consequence of being lengthened in duration

Other hyponyms of duration include longness, lengthiness, prolongation, protraction, endlessness, shortness, brevity, briefness, transience, permanence, permanency, impermanence, impermanency.

duration (noun)	continuation (noun)
continuance in time	the act of continuing an activity without interruption
the property of enduring or continuing in time	the consequence of being lengthened in duration
the period of time during which something continues	a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive a line as continuing its established direction
	a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it

Difference between duration and continuation

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