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Recur vs Reappear - What's the difference?

recur | reappear |

As verbs the difference between recur and reappear

is that recur is to have recourse (to) someone or something for assistance, support etc while reappear is to appear again.

recur

English

Verb

(recurr)
  • To have recourse (to) someone or something for assistance, support etc.
  • *1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, p. 43:
  • *:She only replied with a laugh, and he evidently deemed futile the bid for sympathy on the score of religious or irreligious fellowship, for he recurred to it no more.
  • To happen again.
  • The theme of the prodigal son recurs later in the third act.
  • (computing) To recurse.
  • Derived terms

    * recurrent * recurrence

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    reappear

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To appear again.
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