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Recursing vs Recurring - What's the difference?

recursing | recurring |

As verbs the difference between recursing and recurring

is that recursing is while recurring is .

As an adjective recurring is

happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.

recursing

English

Verb

(head)
  • 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