2020-12-22
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด R – Recur & recurring & reoccur & frequent
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Dictionary.com
ออกเสียง Recur = ‘ri-KUR’
ออกเสียง Recurring = ‘ri-KUHR-ing’
ออกเสียง Recurrent = ri-KUHR-uhnt
ออกเสียง Frequent – adj.-verb = ‘FREE-kwuhnt’ – verb also ‘fri-KWENT’
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Recurrent vs. Recurring
Is there a difference between recurring and recurrent?
As is so often the case with nearly identical words,
the answer is "yes and no."
Both words are most commonly used in the sense
"happening time after time."
But recurrent, the more commonly-used of the two,
tends to appear more often in medical contexts,
as in “recurrent fevers” or “recurrentcancer.”
It also has a specialized anatomical sense,
"running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course,”
as in “a recurrent artery,” that recurring does not share.
There are certainly circumstances in which either
recurrent or recurring could be used;
pain or needs might be described as either recurrent or recurring.
But even in such cases,
there may be subtle differences
which you may wish to pay attention to.
Recurrent tends to suggest a coming back of something
that has existed before,
whereas recurring often implies simply a repeated occurrence.
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
'Recur' and 'Reoccur': A Subtle Difference
Both words mean "to happen again,"
but one suggests frequent or periodicrepetition
What to Know
Both recur and reoccur,
which can both mean "to happen again," are derived
from similar Latin roots that literallytranslate to "to run again."
While they are both very similar in origin,
the usage of "recur" usually implies a periodic or frequent repetition,
whereas "reoccur" does not havethe same implication.
Something that "reoccurs" may only happen again once.
In any pair of very similar words,
an extra syllable in one of them
is almost certain to draw criticism:
Think of converse and conversate,
preventive and preventative, whoever and whosoever.
But sometimes, subtle shades of meaning
between very similar words can be discerned,
and greater precision comes from knowing the difference.
Such is the case with recur and reoccur.
Origins of Recur and Reoccur (and Occur)
These two words share similar etymologies
as well as similar meanings;
their ultimate root is the Latin verb currere meaning “to run,”
making their literal meanings “to run again.”
Recur is the older word in English, first appearing in the early 1500s
and derived straight from the Classical Latin recurrere.
Similarly, Latin’s occurrere means “to run against” or “to run into” (meaning “to encounter”), and it came to English as occur in the late 1400s.
Reoccur was formed by English speakers who combined familiar Latin parts in the 1700s.
The similar word concur etymologically means “to run together”
or “to run with.”
Recourse came through French on its way to English,
and, like recur, derives from recurrere.
Recur Usually Implies Frequency
Both recur and reoccur can mean simply “to happen or appear again,”
and this is the way that reoccur is most often used.
Recur can suggest a periodic or frequent repetition
in addition to having the same basic meaning as reoccur:
This recipe for disaster recurs throughout history,
and the only way to stop it is for everyone to learn about the unsuccessful attempts at revolution, so as not to repeat those mistakes in their current struggles. —Jacob Blumenfeld, The New York Times, 29 May 2017
Narrow in scope, they generally target groups of a few hundred to a thousand individuals with sums that fall between a few hundred and a few thousand dollars. Some are one-time lump sums, and others recur monthly for a time.
—Charlie Wood Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 March 2017
That sense of responsibility is typical of most City Ballet corps dancers. It is a notion that recurs frequently in Mr. Savoye's talk of his life in the company.—Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times, 28 April 1996
Recurrence and reoccurrence functionin similar ways:
Castillo was removed from the game after the third because of a muscle pull on the right side of his neck. Twins trainer Dick Martin said it was a reoccurrence of a previous injury.—Tom Yantz, Hartford Courant, 20 May 1983
Here, reoccurrence simply means
that the muscle pull had happened before;
if recurrence had been used,
it could have suggested that
the player had had the same injury more than once before.
This does not quite mean that
reoccurrence can only mean one repetition;
rather, reoccurrence tends to imply nothing about repetition,
whereas recurrence is likely to.
Even though these words sound alike
and trace back to the same roots,
we should also recognize that
the habits of usage have taken their course.
Common Errors In English Usage Dictionary
Recurring & reoccurring
It might seem logical to form this word from “occurring”
by simply adding a RE- prefix
—logical, but wrong.
The word is “recurring.”
The root form is “recur,” not “reoccur.”
For some reason
“recurrent” is seldom transformedinto “reoccurrent."
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expression
Recur & reoccur – recurring & frequent
These words are interchangeable
in the meaning of “to occur again”:
“That was a dreadful experience which I hope will not recur (or reoccur).”
Recur, more widely used than reoccur,
implies the repetition more than once of an eventor experience, sometime according to a definite pattern:
“The tide ebbs and flows in a recurring pattern.”
Reoccur suggests a one-time repetition:
“After this appendix was removed, he knew that an attack of appendicitis could not reoccur,”
Corresponding noun are recurrence and reoccurrence.
Recurrence is so much more widely used
that several leading dictionaries no longer list reoccurrence,
recurring & frequent
Recurring an adjective formedfrom recur,
refers to something that happens repeatedly,
occurs or shows up or comes up againand again:
“His recurring attacks of asthma are becoming more and more severe.”
Frequent means the same thing, with no difference:
it means happening again at short intervals:
“He made frequent attacks on the refrigerator all evening.”
A growing boy may have recurring periods of depression,
but he is certain to have frequent desires for food.
