Referential vs Recursive - What's the difference?
referential | recursive |
Of a word or phrase applied to a particular person, place, or thing and not to any other.
Serving as a reference.
drawing upon itself, referring back.
(mathematics, not comparable) of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms
(computing, not comparable) of a program or function that calls itself
(computing theory, not comparable, of a function) which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time
(computing theory, not comparable, of a set) whose characteristic function is recursive (4)
As adjectives the difference between referential and recursive
is that referential is of a word or phrase applied to a particular person, place, or thing and not to any other while recursive is drawing upon itself, referring back.referential
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(-)Derived terms
* coreferential * coreferentially * coreferentiality * nonreferential * referential integrity * referentiality * referentially * self-referentialrecursive
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{{examples-right, sense=function, The factorial function - : : where n is any natural number greater than 0}} (en adjective)- The recursive nature of stories which borrow from each other