ever-present vs recurring

ever-present

adj
  • Always present; always there 

noun
  • An athlete who is present in every contest. 

recurring

adj
  • Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition. 

  • Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely. 

noun
  • A recurrence; a coming round again. 

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