Frequent vs Periodic - What's the difference?
frequent | periodic |
Done or occurring often; common.
Occurring at short intervals.
* Byron
Addicted to any course of conduct; inclined to indulge in any practice; habitual; persistent.
* Jonathan Swift
(obsolete) Full; crowded; thronged.
* Ben Jonson
(obsolete) Often or commonly reported.
* Massinger
Relative to a period or periods.
Having repeated cycles.
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Occurring at regular intervals.
Periodical.
(label) Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.
For which any return to it must occur in multiples of time steps, for some .
(label) Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.
(label) Relating to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO) of iodine.
Of or derived from a periodic acid.
As adjectives the difference between frequent and periodic
is that frequent is done or occurring often; common while periodic is relative to a period or periods.As a verb frequent
is to visit often.frequent
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) frequent, from (etyl) .Schwartzman, The Words of Mathematics: An Etymological Dictionary of Mathematical Terms Used in EnglishAdjective
- I take frequent breaks so I don't get too tired.
- There are frequent trains to the beach available.
- I am a frequent visitor to that city.
- frequent feudal towers
- He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government.
- 'Tis Caesar's will to have a frequent senate.
- 'Tis frequent in the city he hath subdued / The Catti and the Daci.