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repetition vs recurrence

recurrence vs repetition

repetition and recurrence both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
repetition Yes No No No
recurrence Yes No No No
As nouns, recurrence is a hyponym of repetition; that is, recurrence is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than repetition:
  • repetition: an event that repeats
  • recurrence: happening again (especially at regular intervals)
Other hyponyms of repetition include sequence, cycle, rematch, replay, return.
repetition (noun) recurrence (noun)
the act of doing or performing again happening again (especially at regular intervals)
the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
an event that repeats
Difference between repetition and recurrence

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