recur vs come about

recur and come about both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recur	No	No	Yes	No
come about	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, come about is a hypernym of recur; that is, come about is a word with a broader meaning than recur:

Other hypernyms of recur include fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place.

recur (verb)	come about (verb)
happen or occur again	come to pass
return in thought or speech to something
have recourse to