The difference between Recurrent and Transient

When used as adjectives, recurrent means recurring, whereas transient means passing or disappearing with time.

Transient is also noun with the meaning: something which is transient.

check bellow for the other definitions of Recurrent and Transient

Recurrent as an adjective:

Recurring; happening time after time.

Examples:

"The patient complained of recurrent chest pain."
Recurrent as an adjective (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a [[state]]):

Non-transient.
Recurrent as an adjective:

Running back toward its origin.

Examples:

"a recurrent nerve or artery"

"antonyms precurrent"

Transient as an adjective:

Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.

Examples:

"a transient pleasure"
Transient as an adjective:

Remaining for only a brief time.

Examples:

"a transient view of a landscape"

"a transient disease"
Transient as an adjective (physics):

Decaying with time, especially exponentially.
Transient as an adjective (mathematics, stochastic processes, of a [[state]]):

having a positive probability of being left and never being visited again.
Transient as an adjective:

Occasional; isolated; one-off
Transient as an adjective:

Passing through; passing from one person to another.
Transient as an adjective (music):

Intermediate.
Transient as an adjective (philosophy):

Operating beyond itself; having an external effect.

Transient as a noun:

Something which is transient.
Transient as a noun (physics):

A transient phenomenon, especially an electric current; a very brief surge.
Transient as a noun (acoustics):

A relatively loud, non-repeating signal in an audio waveform which occurs very quickly, such as the attack of a snare drum.
Transient as a noun:

A person who passes through a place for a short time; a traveller; a migrant worker
Transient as a noun:

An unhoused person