repeating vs continuation

repeating and continuation both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of repeating include continuance.

repeating (noun)	continuation (noun)
the act of doing or performing again	the act of continuing an activity without interruption
	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