break will exit the loop completely, continue will just skip the current iteration.
For example:
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (i == 0) {
break;
}
DoSomeThingWith(i);
}
The break will cause the loop to exit on the first iteration —DoSomeThingWith will never be executed.
While:
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
if (i == 0) {
continue;
}
DoSomeThingWith(i);
}
Here continue skips to the next iteration of the for-loop, meaning DoSomeThingWith will not execute for i == 0.
But the loop will continue and DoSomeThingWith will be executed for i == 1 to i == 9.