Difference between Recurrent and Perennial

Recurrent

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Recurring time after time.

Perennial

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A perennial plant; a plant that is active throughout the year or survives for more than two growing seasons. Compare , .

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, or all the time.(of a plant) Having a life cycle of more than two years. Compare , .Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; permanent; unceasing; never failing.Enduring; lasting; timeless.Recurrent; appearing or recurring again and again.

Example sentence: There is no arguing with the pretenders to a divine knowledge and to a divine mission. They are possessed with the sin of pride, they have yielded to the perennial temptation.