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Superseded vs Recurring - What's the difference?

superseded | recurring |

As verbs the difference between superseded and recurring

is that superseded is past tense of supersede while recurring is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective recurring is

happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.

superseded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (supersede)

    • supersede

    English

    Verb

  • Set (something) aside.
  • Take the place of.
    • No one could supersede his sister.
  • Displace in favour of another.
    • Modern US culture has superseded the native forms.

    Usage notes

    (term) is the only English word ending in (term). Similar words include four ending in (term), and several ending in (term) (apart from seed). Because of this, supercede is a common misspelling of this word.

    Synonyms

    * (take the place of) replace, supplant, usurp

    See also

    * supercede and superseed (common misspellings) * supersedure * supersession

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Internet) An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.
    • Rogue cancels and supersedes are being issued on a large scale against posters.

    References

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    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