Island vs. Continent

Islandnoun

A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.

Islandnoun

An entity surrounded by other entities that are very different from itself.

Islandnoun

A superstructure on an aircraft carrier's deck.

Islandnoun

A traffic island.

Islandnoun

(government) An unincorporated area wholly surrounded by one or more incorporated areas.

Islandnoun

(grammar) A phrase from which a wh-word cannot be extracted without yielding invalid grammar.

Islandverb

(transitive) To surround with water; make into an island.

Islandverb

(transitive) To set, dot (as if) with islands.

Islandverb

(transitive) To isolate.

Islandnoun

A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a continent. Cf. Continent.

Islandnoun

Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice.

Islandnoun

See Isle, n., 2.

Islandverb

To cause to become or to resemble an island; to make an island or islands of; to isle.

Islandverb

To furnish with an island or with islands; as, to island the deep.

Islandnoun

a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water

Islandnoun

a zone or area resembling an island

Island

An island or isle is any piece of subcontinental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys.

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.