pursuance vs continuation

pursuance and continuation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, continuation is a hypernym of pursuance; that is, continuation is a word with a broader meaning than pursuance:

Other hypernyms of pursuance include continuance.

pursuance (noun)	continuation (noun)
the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion	the act of continuing an activity without interruption
a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria	the consequence of being lengthened in duration
	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