Recurring vs Repeating - What's the difference?
recurring | repeating |
Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.
(mathematics) Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely.
That repeats; repetitive.
Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharging.
(mathematics) Of a decimal: recurring.
repetition
* 1779 , Edward Capell, ?John Collins, Notes and various readings to Shakespeare
In mathematics terms the difference between recurring and repeating
is that recurring is of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely while repeating is of a decimal: recurring.As verbs the difference between recurring and repeating
is that recurring is present participle of lang=en while repeating is present participle of lang=en.As adjectives the difference between recurring and repeating
is that recurring is happening or occurring frequently, with repetition while repeating is that repeats; repetitive.As a noun repeating is
repetition.recurring
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(head)- He has recurring asthma attacks.
- Revenge is a recurring theme in this novel.
- Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.
Synonyms
* recurrent * repetitiverepeating
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)- What the moderns could mean by their suppression of the final couplet's repeatings , cannot be conceiv'd