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Occurring vs Recurring - What's the difference?

occurring | recurring |

As verbs the difference between occurring and recurring

is that occurring is present participle of lang=en while recurring is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between occurring and recurring

is that occurring is that occurs in a specified manner while recurring is happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.

As a noun occurring

is the action of the verb to occur.

occurring

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • The action of the verb to occur .

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (in combination) That occurs in a specified manner.
    • naturally occurring macromolecules

    recurring

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.
    • He has recurring asthma attacks.
    Revenge is a recurring theme in this novel.
  • (mathematics) Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely.
    • Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.

    Synonyms

    * recurrent * repetitive