Residual vs Recurring - What's the difference?
residual | recurring |
Of, relating to, or remaining as a residue; left over.
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.
Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.
(mathematics) Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely.
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
.residual
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Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* residuaryNoun
(en noun)recurring
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Verb
(head)Adjective
(head)- He has recurring asthma attacks.
- Revenge is a recurring theme in this novel.
- Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.