different between recurrent vs reiterate

English

Etymology

From Latin recurrens, present participle of recurrere.

Adjective

recurrent (not comparable)

1. Recurring; happening time after time.

   Synonyms: perennial, repetitious; see also Thesaurus:repetitive

2. (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a state) Non-transient.

   Synonym: persistent

   Antonym: transient

3. (anatomy) Running back toward its origin.

   Antonym: precurrent

4. (entomology) Turned back toward the base.

Derived terms

Related terms

• recurrence

Translations

Anagrams

• currenter

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin recurr?ns.

Adjective

recurrent (masculine and feminine plural recurrents)

1. recurring, recurrent

Related terms

• recórrer
• recurrència

Further reading

• “recurrent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “recurrent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “recurrent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “recurrent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Verb

recurrent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of recurr?

English

Etymology

Early 15th century, from Late Latin reiteratus, past participle of reiterare (“to repeat”) from re- (“again”) + iterare (“repeat”) from iterum (“repeat”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?i??t.??.e?t/

Verb

reiterate (third-person singular simple present reiterates, present participle reiterating, simple past and past participle reiterated)

1. (transitive) To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.

   Synonyms: repeat; see also Thesaurus:reiterate

2. (transitive) To say or do (something) repeatedly.

   Synonym: repeat

Usage notes

Although iterate and reiterate are similar, iterate indicates that the action is performed for each of a set of items, while reiterate indicates a more general repetition.

Translations

Adjective

reiterate (comparative more reiterate, superlative most reiterate)

1. Reiterated; repeated.

   Synonyms: iterate; see also Thesaurus:repeated

Translations

Noun

reiterate (plural reiterates)

1. (botany) A tree with vertical branches alongside the main trunk and which continue to grow upwards.

Related terms

• reiterated
• reiteration
• reiterative
• reiteratively
• reiterator

References

Italian

Verb

reiterate

1. second-person plural present indicative of reiterare
2. second-person plural imperative of reiterare
3. feminine plural of reiterato