Recurrence vs Occurrence - What's the difference?
recurrence | occurrence |
Return or reversion to a certain state.
The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence.
A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.
Recourse.
Actual instance where a situation arises.
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Occurrence is a related term of recurrence.
As nouns the difference between recurrence and occurrence
is that recurrence is return or reversion to a certain state while occurrence is actual instance where a situation arises.recurrence
English
(wikipedia recurrence)Noun
(en noun)- I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations. — I. Taylor.
Synonyms
* reoccurrenceHyponyms
* recrudescence * reemergence * resurgenceReferences
*occurrence
English
Noun
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