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Residual vs Recurring - What's the difference?

residual | recurring |

As adjectives the difference between residual and recurring

is that residual is of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over while recurring is happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.

As a noun residual

is a remainder left over at the end of some process.

As a verb recurring is

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residual

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.
  • Synonyms

    * residuary

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A remainder left over at the end of some process.
  • (in the plural) Payments made to performers, writers and directors when a recorded broadcast is repeated.
  • 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