Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Continual or continuous?

Continualor continuous: Continual: something iscontinual if it is repeated frequently, or happens often but with intervals inbetween. Continuous: something iscontinuous if it is constant or uninterrupted.
'The continual referencesto crime and violence in the press give rise to increased public anxiety aboutsafety outside the home.'
'After the drumming fromnext door had been continuous for sixteen hours, Peter went round there with a largehammer and smashed the drum kit to smithereens.'