I know this may be a bit redundant to:
However, with less than 50 reputation on this board, I am unable to comment on that post. I have a specific question on the usage of these words:
I am authoring a technical report for our Information Technology group. We report on Incidents (tickets to our support groups when things break – think you're internet goes down and you call your internet provider and file a ticket with them) and sometimes there are many Incidents that happen many times every month. It's not always the same number of occurrences, but it's definitely more than 3 or 4 (most of the time we are talking 60 – 100 times) each month. We want to discuss this top and titling it has created some disagreements within our team about proper grammar.
Should this be titled:
Recurring Incidents
or
Reoccurring Incidents
I checked the definitions and looked at the previous post, but it seems vague in relation to my specific usage. I figured this board would be me determine the proper usage. Thanks so much!
Best Answer
"Something that is recurring happens over and over again, possibly at regular intervals. In contrast, something that is reoccurring is simply happening again but not always repeatedly." Recurring vs. Reoccurring
The above is a blog post but Merriam-Webster says much the same thing. "Both recur and reoccur can mean simply “to happen or appear again,” and this is the way that reoccur is most often used. Recur can suggest a periodic or frequent repetition in addition to having the same basic meaning as reoccur ..." 'Recur' and 'Reoccur': A Subtle Difference