what differentiates a country to a continent? It can’t be the amount of countries bc of Australia and Antarctica. It can’t be population bc of Antarctica. Is it size?

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what differentiates a country to a continent? It can’t be the amount of countries bc of Australia and Antarctica. It can’t be population bc of Antarctica. Is it size?

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“Country” is a political term to denote an arbitrary, imaginary line humans like to draw around groups of people.

“Continent” is a geographical term to denote a partially arbitrary, sometimes imaginary, lines humans like to draw around land masses.

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