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Recurrent vs Repetitive - What's the difference?

recurrent | repetitive |

As adjectives the difference between recurrent and repetitive

is that recurrent is recurring time after time while repetitive is happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating.

recurrent

English

Adjective

(wikipedia recurrent) (-)
  • Recurring time after time.
    • The patient complained of recurrent chest pain.
  • (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) non-transient.
  • Running back toward its origin.
    • a recurrent nerve or artery

    Synonyms

    * (math) persistent

    Related terms

    * quasirecurrent * recurrence

    Anagrams

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    repetitive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating.