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Circumvent vs Recurrent - What's the difference?

circumvent | recurrent |

As a verb circumvent

is to avoid or get around something; to bypass.

As an adjective recurrent is

recurrent; recurring.

circumvent

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to avoid or get around something; to bypass
  • to surround or besiege
  • to outwit or outsmart

    • Related terms

    * circumvention * circumventive

    recurrent

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia recurrent) (-)
  • Recurring time after time.
    • The patient complained of recurrent chest pain.
  • (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) non-transient.
  • Running back toward its origin.
    • a recurrent nerve or artery

    Synonyms

    * (math) persistent

    Related terms

    * quasirecurrent * recurrence

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