• break is used to break out of a loop
• continue is used to move onto the next item in a loop

Let's say you have the following script to loop through the items in the fruits list.

#!/usr/bin/python

fruits = ["apple", "banana", "orange", "grapes"]

for item in fruits:
  print(item)

Running this script will return the following. Each value in the list is printed.

apple
banana
orange
grapes

In this example, break is placed inside of the loop.

#!/usr/bin/python

fruits = ["apple", "banana", "orange", "grapes"]

for item in fruits:
  print(item)
  if item == 'orange':
    break

Now only apply and banana will be printed.

apple
banana