eli5 i cannot grasp how oceania and australia works

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so from what google is giving me, this is what i’ve gathered and some of it is contradictory hence why im posting here. i need this to be explained to me like i’m a five year old or i’ll never understand.

– oceania is a continent
– australia is a continent
– oceania is also australia
– but oceania isn’t a continent anymore it’s an area of the earth
– but just kidding australia is a continent inside of the continent known as oceania

W H A T ?

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The definition of a continent is a single large body of land surrounded by water but continents are also divided by cultural differences like Europe and Asia and it’s even more blurry in practice. Oceania is composed of Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and all the other island nations in the Pacific. Oceania is many times reduced to be just the country of Australia because it makes such a large part of Oceania.

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