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Recurring vs Repeated - What's the difference?

recurring | repeated |

As verbs the difference between recurring and repeated

is that recurring is present participle of lang=en while repeated is past tense of repeat.

As adjectives the difference between recurring and repeated

is that recurring is happening or occurring frequently, with repetition while repeated is having been said or done again.

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

    repeated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (repeat)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having been said or done again.
  • *
    • The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.
  • Sequential.
  • *
    • The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated' modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often ' repeated —conceptual modification.

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