Intermittent vs. Recurrent

Intermittentadjective

Stopping and starting at intervals; coming after a particular time span.

‘The day was cloudy with intermittent rain.’; ‘Intermittent bugs are most difficult to reproduce.’;

Recurrentadjective

Recurring; happening time after time.

‘The patient complained of recurrent chest pain.’;

Intermittentadjective

Existing only for certain seasons; that is, being dry for part of the year.

‘The area has many intermittent lakes and streams.’;

Recurrentadjective

Non-transient.

Intermittentnoun

An intermittent fever or disease.

Recurrentadjective

Running back toward its origin.

‘a recurrent nerve or artery’;

Intermittentadjective

Coming and going at intervals; alternating; recurrent; periodic; as, an intermittent fever.

Recurrentadjective

Returning from time to time; recurring; as, recurrent pains.

Intermittentnoun

An intermittent fever or disease.

Recurrentadjective

Running back toward its origin; as, a recurrent nerve or artery.

Intermittentadjective

stopping and starting at irregular intervals;

‘intermittent rain showers’;

Recurrentadjective

recurring again and again;

‘perennial efforts to stipulate the requirements’;

Intermittentadjective

stopping and starting at regular intervals

Intermittentadjective

occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady

‘intermittent rain’;