Continuing
Continuing adjective - Going on and on without any interruptions.
Recurring and continuing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recurring" instead an adjective "Continuing".
Recurring
Recurring adjective - Occurring or appearing at intervals.
Continuing and recurring are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Continuing" instead an adjective "Recurring".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- regular and continuing
- regular and recurring
- endless and continuing
- endless and recurring
- uninterrupted and continuing
- uninterrupted and recurring
- continuous and continuing
- continuous and recurring
- perpetual and continuing
- perpetual and recurring
- constant and continuing
- constant and recurring
- enduring and continuing
- enduring and recurring
Both words in one sentence
- When the series wound up continuing beyond the fifth, he was brought back as a recurring nemesis for the brothers.
- This is generally just a one-shot character, but in continuing, action-oriented shows, this character can sometimes turn into a recurring villain or Big Bad with whom the Hero develops a rivalry.
Source: Always Someone Better -
Add to all this her recurring fears and self-doubts, as well as her continuing ditziness (although this may well have been Obfuscating Stupidity all along), and the movie Buffy is much more an underdog hero than a superhero.
Source: Super Loser
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