recidivism vs recursion

recidivism

noun
  • Chronic repetition of criminal or other antisocial behavior. 

  • Committing new offenses after a crime committed in the past. 

  • Returning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time. 

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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