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What is difference between break statement and continue statement

**Break statement is used to transfer control of the program outside loop or switch case statement either conditionally or unconditionally.

**Break statement is used in loop as well as Switch Case Statement.
-Example::::
for(i=1;i<=10;i++)
{
if(i%5==0)
break;
else
printf("%d",&i);
}

**Continue statement is used to skip some statement of the loop and moves to the next iteration in the loop.

**Continue statement is used only within loop.
-Example:::
for(i=1;i<=10;i++)
{
if(i%5==0)
continue;
else
printf("%d",&i);
}

Re: Difference between break statement and Continue statement?

The Break statement is used to terminate the current enclosing loop or conditional statements in which it appears. We have already used the break statement to come out of switch statements

The Continue Statement is used to alter the sequence of Execution. Instead of coming out of the loop like the break statement did., the continue statements stop the current iteration and simply returns control back to the top of the loop.

So this are the difference between Break and Continue Statement