Chronic vs Recurring - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between chronic and recurring

is that chronic is of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time while recurring is happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.

As a noun chronic

is (slang) marijuana, typically of high quality.

As a verb recurring is

chronic

English

Alternative forms

* chronick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time.

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, chapter=8 citation , passage=It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.}}

(label) Prolonged or slow to heal.

Of a person, suffering from an affliction that is prolonged or slow to heal.

Inveterate or habitual.

(label) Very bad, awful.

(label) Extremely serious.

(label) Good, great, as in "wicked".

Antonyms

* (prolonged or slow to heal) acute

Noun

(slang) Marijuana, typically of high quality.

(medicine) A condition of extended duration, either continuous or marked by frequent recurrence. Sometimes implies a condition which worsens with each recurrence, though that is not inherent in the term.

Synonyms

* See also

References

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recurring

English

Verb

(head)

Adjective

(head)

Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.

He has recurring asthma attacks.

Revenge is a recurring theme in this novel.

(mathematics) Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely.

Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.

Synonyms

* recurrent * repetitive