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history vs continuum

continuum vs history

history and continuum both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
history Yes No No No
continuum Yes No No No
As nouns, continuum is a hypernym of history; that is, continuum is a word with a broader meaning than history:
  • history: the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
  • continuum: a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts
history (noun) continuum (noun)
the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings a continuous nonspatial whole or extent or succession in which no part or portion is distinct or distinguishable from adjacent parts
all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing; a body of knowledge
a record or narrative description of past events
the aggregate of past events
the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
Difference between history and continuum

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