recursive routine vs routine

recursive routine and routine both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recursive routine	Yes	No	No	No
routine	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, routine is a hypernym of recursive routine; that is, routine is a word with a broader meaning than recursive routine:

Other hypernyms of recursive routine include function, procedure, subprogram, subroutine.

recursive routine (noun)	routine (noun)
a routine that can call itself	an unvarying or habitual method or procedure
	a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program
	a short performance that is part of a longer program

recursive routine (adjective)	routine (adjective)
	found in the ordinary course of events