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Recurrent vs Recrudescent - What's the difference?

recurrent | recrudescent |

Recrudescent is a hypernym of recurrent.



As adjectives the difference between recurrent and recrudescent

is that recurrent is recurring time after time while recrudescent is breaking out again or reemerging after temporary abatement or suppression.

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

    Anagrams

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    recrudescent

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • breaking out again or reemerging after temporary abatement or suppression
  • :This seems to be a recrudescent strain of the plague rather than a new disease altogether.
  • (archaic) growing raw, sore, or painful again
  • Hypernyms

    * recurrent * reemergent