survival vs continuation

survival and continuation both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of survival include continuance.

survival (noun)	continuation (noun)
something that survives	the act of continuing an activity without interruption
a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment	the consequence of being lengthened in duration
a state of surviving; remaining alive	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