continue vs evolve

continue

verb
  • To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity). 

  • To make a continuation bet. 

  • To retain (someone or something) in a given state, position, etc. 

  • To remain in a given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay. 

  • To make last; to prolong. 

  • To resume. 

  • To adjourn, prorogue, put off. 

noun
  • An option allowing the player to resume play after game over, when all lives have been lost, while retaining their progress. 

evolve

verb
  • To come into being; develop. 

  • To change; transform. 

  • Of a population, to acquire or develop (a trait) in the process of biological evolution. 

  • To give off (gas, such as oxygen or carbon dioxide during a reaction). 

  • To move in regular procession through a system. 

  • Of a trait, to develop within a population via biological evolution. 

  • Of a population, to change genetic composition over successive generations through the process of evolution. 

  • To cause something to change or transform. 

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