What makes a continuous wave different from a pulse?

Pulse Radar is use for detecting of target location. and CW Radar stands for continuous wave radar . Here is difference between Pulsed RADAR and CW RADAR. In this system the pulse modulated signal are used for transmission.28 Oca 2011

Both terms describe disturbances in some medium. Wave usually refers to a continuous disturbance. Like if you grab hold of spring and shake it back and forth a lot. Pulse, on the other hand, often refers to some type of one-time disturbance .

Continuous-wave radar (CW radar) is a type of radar system where a known stable frequency continuous wave radio energy is transmitted and then received from any reflecting objects .