ever-present vs recurrent

ever-present

adj
  • Always present; always there 

noun
  • An athlete who is present in every contest. 

recurrent

adj
  • Recurring; happening time after time. 

  • Turned back toward the base. 

  • Running back toward its origin. 

  • Non-transient. 

How often have the words ever-present and recurrent occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )