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Recursed vs Recurred - What's the difference?

recursed | recurred |

As verbs the difference between recursed and recurred

is that recursed is (recurse) while recurred is (recur).

recursed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (recurse)

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    recurse

    English

    Verb

    (recurs)
  • (computing) To execute a procedure recursively.
    • The algorithm then recurses on the children of the current tree node.

    Related terms

    (terms related to recurse) * recur * recurrent * recurrence * recursion * recursive * recursivity

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    recurred

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (recur)

    • recur

    English

    Verb

    (recurr)
  • To have recourse (to) someone or something for assistance, support etc.
  • *1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, p. 43:
  • *:She only replied with a laugh, and he evidently deemed futile the bid for sympathy on the score of religious or irreligious fellowship, for he recurred to it no more.
  • To happen again.
    • The theme of the prodigal son recurs later in the third act.
  • (computing) To recurse.

    • Derived terms

    * recurrent * recurrence

    Related terms

    * recurse * recursive, recursively * recursivity * reoccur * recourse

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