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occur vs recur

recur vs occur

occur and recur both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
occur No No Yes No
recur No No Yes No
As verbs, recur is a hyponym of occur; that is, recur is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than occur:
  • occur: come to pass
  • recur: happen or occur again
Other hyponyms of occur include break, develop, recrudesce, arise, come up, result, intervene, transpire, give, supervene, go, proceed, come, fall, anticipate, develop, repeat, come off, go off, go over, come around, roll around, happen, materialise, materialize, bechance, befall, happen, bechance, befall, betide, coincide, concur, backfire, backlash, recoil, chance, break, fall, shine, strike, turn out, contemporise, contemporize, synchronise, synchronize.
occur (verb) recur (verb)
come to pass happen or occur again
come to one's mind; suggest itself return in thought or speech to something
to be found to exist have recourse to
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