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Iterative vs Repeating - What's the difference?

iterative | repeating |

As adjectives the difference between iterative and repeating

is that iterative is while repeating is that repeats; repetitive.

As a verb repeating is

.

As a noun repeating is

repetition.

iterative

English

Alternative forms

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Adjective

(-)
  • Of a procedure that involves repetition of steps (iteration) to achieve the desired outcome; in computing this may involve a mechanism such as a loop.
  • (grammar) Expressive of an action that is repeated with frequency.

    • Synonyms

    * (involving repetition of steps) repeated, repetitive * (grammar) frequentative

    Antonyms

    * (involving repetition of steps) noniterative

    Related terms

    * iterate * iteration ----

    repeating

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That repeats; repetitive.
  • Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharging.
  • (mathematics) Of a decimal: recurring.

    • Related terms

    * repeating back * repeating circle * repeating coil

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • repetition
  • * 1779 , Edward Capell, ?John Collins, Notes and various readings to Shakespeare
    • What the moderns could mean by their suppression of the final couplet's repeatings , cannot be conceiv'd