continuance vs recursion

continuance

noun
  • The action of continuing. 

  • An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period. 

recursion

noun
  • The act of recurring. 

  • The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself. 

  • The invocation of a procedure from within itself. 

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