Routine vs Regularity - What's the difference?
routine | regularity |
A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
A set of normal procedures, often performed mechanically.
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*:It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.
A set piece of an entertainer's act.
(label) A set of instructions designed to perform a specific task; a subroutine.
According to established procedure.
Regular; habitual.
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, title= (uncountable) The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline
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(countable) A particular regular occurrence
As nouns the difference between routine and regularity
is that routine is a course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure while regularity is the condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline.As an adjective routine
is according to established procedure.routine
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Noun
(en noun)Adjective
(en adjective)Old soldiers?, passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.
Macc Tel-Aviv 1-2 Stoke, passage=Stoke put themselves in a fine position to qualify for the Europa League knockout stage with a routine victory over Maccabi Tel-Aviv in Israel.}}
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Noun
- I have been watching that show with regularity .
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