- the break statement gets you out of a loop.  No matter what the loop's ending condition, break immediately says "I'm outta here!"  The program continues with the next statement immediately following the loop.  Break stops only the loop in which it resides.  It does not break out of a "nested loop" (a loop within a loop).

- continue performs a "jump" to the next test condition in a loop.  The test condition is then evaluated as usual, and the loop is executed as long as the test condition remains true.  The continue statement may be used ONLY in iteration statements (loops).  It serves to bypass a portion of the body of the loop within an iteration.