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iteration vs repeating

repeating vs iteration

iteration and repeating both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
iteration Yes No No No
repeating Yes No No No
As nouns, repeating is a hypernym of iteration; that is, repeating is a word with a broader meaning than iteration:
  • iteration: doing or saying again; a repeated performance
  • repeating: the act of doing or performing again
Other hypernyms of iteration include repetition.
iteration (noun) repeating (noun)
doing or saying again; a repeated performance the act of doing or performing again
(computer science) executing the same set of instructions a given number of times or until a specified result is obtained
(computer science) a single execution of a set of instructions that are to be repeated
Difference between iteration and repeating

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