Continent vs. Subcontinent

Continentnoun

Each of the main continuous land-masses on the earth's surface, now generally regarded as seven in number, including their related islands, continental shelves etc.

Continentnoun

A large contiguous landmass considered independent of its islands, peninsulas etc. Specifically, the Old World continent of Europe–Asia–Africa. See the Continent.

Continentnoun

(obsolete) Land (as opposed to the water).

Continentadjective

Exercising self-restraint; controlled, temperate with respect to one's bodily needs or passions, especially sex, urination and/or defecation.

Continentadjective

Not interrupted; connected; continuous.

Continentadjective

(obsolete) Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

Continentadjective

Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing.

Continentadjective

Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.

Continentadjective

Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.

Continentadjective

Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever.

Continentnoun

That which contains anything; a receptacle.

Continentnoun

One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America.

Continentnoun

one of the large landmasses of the earth;

Continentnoun

the European mainland;

Continentadjective

having control over urination and defecation

Continentadjective

abstaining from sexual intercourse;

Continent

A continent is one of several large landmasses. Generally identified by convention rather than any strict criteria, up to seven regions are commonly regarded as continents.

Subcontinentnoun

A large landmass which is either smaller than a continent (such as Greenland), or part of an even larger continent (such as the Indian subcontinent).

Subcontinentproper noun

South Asia. Indian subcontinent

Subcontinentnoun

a large and distinctive landmass (as India or Greenland) that is a distinct part of some continent