to me continuity is as defined in your own set of definitions as with out resistance, checking for resistance and checking for continuity or checking for contiuity with resistance is misleading if your gonna give out advice make it clear what your asking for because it can cost people very hard earned money.

I do not know if you read the sticky on how to check parts but here it is
http://forum.appliancepartspros...or-parts-continuity.html

It does seem to answer your confusion about resistance and continuity.
Please note that this forum is manned by volunteers and we sometimes take for granted things that have become second nature to us.
Also we cannot explain every definition in every reply as the replies would all be huge.
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"with out resistance" to me means no resistance in other words you cannot read any and therefore it is infinite ohms re: an open.
Someone else may well see this as meaning there is a short re: 0 ohms.
To me resistance and continuity are the same thing.
Even if the meter reads 0 ohms, it still has some resistance, though your meter is not sensitive enough to read it.
Push electrons through a copper wire and there is always some resistance.

I think it is just a matter of interpretation but am sorry if the answer you received was confusing to you.

I guess the lesson here is to always give the meter reading in ohms instead of using non specific terms.