{"id":6982,"date":"2023-10-06T20:11:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T20:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=6982"},"modified":"2025-04-30T04:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T04:03:15","slug":"recur-vs-reoccur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/recur-vs-reoccur","title":{"rendered":"\u201cRecur\u201d vs. \u201creoccur\u201d: What\u2019s the difference?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">The English language is full of words that are incredibly similar yet are distinguished by subtle differences, and \u201crecur\u201d vs. \u201creoccur\u201d are good examples. Learn their differences to use them effectively.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"full-bleed-image\">\n        <picture class=\"c-image\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Recur-vs-Reoccur-Whats-the-difference-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:767px) and (max-width:1600px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Recur-vs-Reoccur-Whats-the-difference-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:540px) and (max-width:767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Recur-vs-Reoccur-Whats-the-difference-1600x600-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Recur-vs-Reoccur-Whats-the-difference-1600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"A symmetrical red building\" \/>\n    <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"links-menu\">\n<h2>Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/recur-vs-reoccur#recur-vs-reoccur-and-shared-root\">\u201dRecur\u201d and \u201creoccur\u201d: A shared root word<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/recur-vs-reoccur#what-is-the-meaning-of-recur-definition\">What\u2019s the meaning of \u201crecur\u201d?<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/recur-vs-reoccur#what-is-the-meaning-of-reoccur-definition \">What\u2019s the meaning of \u201creoccur\u201d?<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/recur-vs-reoccur#how-to-remember-the-difference-between-recur-vs-reoccur \">Remembering the difference between \u201crecur\u201d and \u201creoccur\u201d<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/recur-vs-reoccur#grammar-rules-and-other-similar-words-  \">Grammar rules and other similar words<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to tell \u201crecur\u201d and \u201creoccur\u201d apart and when to use each in your writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-6982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing","tag-writing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cRecur\u201d vs. \u201creoccur\u201d: What\u2019s the difference? 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