break statement is used to terminate the execution of the loop.
For example:
for i in range(6):
if i ==3:
break
print i
The output of the above code will be:
0
1
2
The loop terminates when i becomes 3 due to break statement
Whereas,
continue statement is used to force the next iteration while skipping the statements in the present iteration.
for i in range (6):
if i==3:
continue
print i
The output of the above code will be:
0
1
2
3
4
5
continue statement forces next iteration when i becomes 3, bypassing the print statement. Thus, in the output 3 is missing.