Frequent vs Recurrent - What's the difference?
frequent | recurrent |
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
Recurring time after time.
(mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) non-transient.
Running back toward its origin.
As adjectives the difference between frequent and recurrent
is that frequent is done or occurring often; common while recurrent is recurring time after time.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.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) frequenter, from (etyl)Derived terms
* frequenterExternal links
* * English heteronyms ----recurrent
English
Adjective
(wikipedia recurrent) (-)- The patient complained of recurrent chest pain.
- a recurrent nerve or artery