| Break | Continue |
|---|---|
| You can use break statements in both switch and loop (for, while, and do-while ) statements. | You can use continue statements only in the loop (for, while, do) statements. |
| The switch or loop statements terminate at the moment the break statement is executed and it ends abruptly from there. | You cannot make a continue statement terminate the loop, it carries on the loop to go to the next iteration level without executing the immediate next step. |
| The loop or switch exits immediately from the inner loop when the compiler encounters a break statement and comes out of the inner loop. | A continue that is placed inside a nested loop within a switch causes the next loop iteration. |
