recur vs take place

recur and take place both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recur	No	No	Yes	No
take place	No	No	Yes	No

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

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

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