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Occuring vs Recurring - What's the difference?

occuring | recurring |

As verbs the difference between occuring and recurring

is that occuring is misspelling of lang=en, the present participle of occur while recurring is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective recurring is

happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.

occuring

English

Verb

(head)
  • , the present participle of occur.

    • 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