Discursive vs Recursive - What's the difference?
discursive | recursive |
(of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
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(philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.
drawing upon itself, referring back.
(mathematics, not comparable) of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms
(computing, not comparable) of a program or function that calls itself
(computing theory, not comparable, of a function) which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time
(computing theory, not comparable, of a set) whose characteristic function is recursive (4)
As adjectives the difference between discursive and recursive
is that discursive is tending to digress from the main point; rambling while recursive is drawing upon itself, referring back.discursive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.
Derived terms
* counterdiscursiveSee also
* discourse ----recursive
English
Adjective
{{examples-right, sense=function, The factorial function - : : where n is any natural number greater than 0}} (en adjective)- The recursive nature of stories which borrow from each other