Difference between Continental and Transcontinental

What is the difference between Continental and Transcontinental?

Continental as an adjective is of or relating to a continent or continents. while Transcontinental as an adjective is crossing, spanning a continent.

Continental

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or relating to a continent or continents. In the main part of a country or region, as opposed to on one of its islands. Characteristic of the style of continental Europe, as opposed to British.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Someone from "the continent". (US History) A member of the Continental army. (US History) Paper scrip (paper money) issued by the continental congress, largely worthless by the end of the war (hence the expression "not worth a continental")

Transcontinental

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Crossing, spanning a continent.

We hope you now know whether to use Continental or Transcontinental in your sentence.

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