Country vs. Continent

Countrynoun

(chiefly British) An area of land; a district, region.

Countrynoun

A set region of land having particular human occupation or agreed limits, especially inhabited by members of the same race, language speakers etc., or associated with a given person, occupation, species etc.

Countrynoun

The territory of a nation, especially an independent nation state or formerly independent nation; a political entity asserting ultimate authority over a geographical area.

Countrynoun

(usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside.

Countrynoun

ellipsis of country music

Countrynoun

(mining) The rock through which a vein runs.

Countrynoun

The female genitalia, especially the vagina.

Countryadjective

From or in the countryside or connected with it.

Countryadjective

Of or connected to country music.

Countrynoun

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship.

Countrynoun

Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.

Countrynoun

The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country.

Countrynoun

A jury, as representing the citizens of a country.

Countrynoun

The rock through which a vein runs.

Countryadjective

Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.

Countryadjective

Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.

Countryadjective

Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.

Countrynoun

the territory occupied by a nation;

Countrynoun

a politically organized body of people under a single government;

Countrynoun

the people who live in a nation or country;

Countrynoun

an area outside of cities and towns;

Countrynoun

a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography);

Countrynoun

a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory

Countrynoun

the people of a nation

Countrynoun

districts and small settlements outside large urban areas or the capital

Countrynoun

an area or region with regard to its physical features

Countrynoun

a region associated with a particular person, work, or television programme

Countrynoun

short for country music

Country

A country is a distinct territorial body or political entity (i.e. a nation).

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.