Recurring vs Routine - What's the difference?
recurring | routine |
Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.
(mathematics) Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely.
A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically.
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*:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
A set piece of an entertainer's act.
(label) A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.
According to established procedure.
Regular; habitual.
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As a verb recurring
is .As an adjective recurring
is happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.As a noun routine is
.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 * repetitiveroutine
English
Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
Macc Tel-Aviv 1-2 Stoke, passage=Stoke put themselves in a fine position to qualify for the Europa League knockout stage with a routine victory over Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Israel.}}