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Resurrect vs Recur - What's the difference?

resurrect | recur |

In lang=en terms the difference between resurrect and recur

is that resurrect is to bring to view or attention while recur is to happen again.

As verbs the difference between resurrect and recur

is that resurrect is to raise from the dead, to bring life back to while recur is to have recourse (to) someone or something for assistance, support etc.

resurrect

Verb

(en verb)
  • To raise from the dead, to bring life back to.
  • To re-use.
  • To bring to view or attention.
  • recur

    English

    Verb

    (recurr)
  • To have recourse (to) someone or something for assistance, support etc.
  • *1891 , Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, p. 43:
  • *:She only replied with a laugh, and he evidently deemed futile the bid for sympathy on the score of religious or irreligious fellowship, for he recurred to it no more.
  • To happen again.
  • The theme of the prodigal son recurs later in the third act.
  • (computing) To recurse.
  • Derived terms

    * recurrent * recurrence

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