• 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 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, continue is used to move onto the next item in the fruits list.

#!/usr/bin/python

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

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

In this example, orange will not be printed.

apple
banana
grapes