different between recurrence vs recursive

English

Etymology

recurrent +? -ence, cognate with Latin recurrentia, from recurr?ns (“returning back, recurring”), form of recurr? (“I return, I recur”) (English recur).

Noun

recurrence (countable and uncountable, plural recurrences)

1. Return or reversion to a certain state.
2. The instance of recurring; frequent occurrence.
   • I. Taylor

     I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations.

3. A return of symptoms as part of the natural progress of a disease.
4. Recourse.

Synonyms

• (instance of recurring): reoccurrence; see also Thesaurus:reoccurrence

Hyponyms

• recrudescence
• reemergence
• resurgence

Related terms

• recur
• recurrent
• recursive
• recursivity
• recursion

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “recurrence”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Etymology

Taken from the stem of Latin recursus. Equivalent to recurs +? -ive

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k??(?)s?v/

Adjective

recursive (comparative more recursive, superlative most recursive)

1. drawing upon itself, referring back.

   The recursive nature of stories which borrow from each other

2. (mathematics, not comparable) of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms
3. (computing, not comparable) of a program or function that calls itself
4. (computing theory, not comparable, of a function) which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time
5. (computing theory, not comparable, of a set) whose characteristic function is recursive (4)

Antonyms

• non-recursive

Hypernyms

• (of a set, whose characteristic function is recursive): recursively enumerable

Hyponyms

• (of a function): primitive recursive, tail recursive

Derived terms

• co-recursive
• recursive acronym
• recursive conundrum
• recursively
• recursiveness

Related terms

Translations

See also

• recursive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia