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Reactivation vs Recurrent - What's the difference?

reactivation | recurrent |

As a noun reactivation

is the activation of something previously inactive or inactivated.

As an adjective recurrent is

recurring time after time.

reactivation

English

Noun

  • The activation of something previously inactive or inactivated.

    • 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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