Recurse vs Repeat - What's the difference?
recurse | repeat |
(computing) To execute a procedure recursively.
(intransitive) To do or say again (and again).
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(obsolete) To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again.
(legal, Scotland) To repay or refund (an excess received).
An iteration; a repetition.
A television program shown after its initial presentation -- particularly many weeks after its initial presentation; a rerun.
Patterns of nucleid acids that occur in multiple copies throughout the genome.
As verbs the difference between recurse and repeat
is that recurse is (computing) to execute a procedure recursively while repeat is (intransitive) to do or say again (and again).As a noun repeat is
an iteration; a repetition.recurse
English
Verb
(recurs)- The algorithm then recurses on the children of the current tree node.
Anagrams
* *repeat
English
Verb
(en verb)- (Waller)
Noun
(en noun)- We gave up after the third repeat because it got boring.