brush up vs recall

recall vs brush up

brush up is not a noun while recall is a noun.

brush up and recall both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brush up	No	No	Yes	No
recall	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, recall is a hypernym of brush up; that is, recall is a word with a broader meaning than brush up:

brush up: refresh one's memory
recall: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

Other hypernyms of brush up include call back, call up, recollect, remember, retrieve, think.

brush up (noun)	recall (noun)
	the act of removing an official by petition
	the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
	a call to return
	a bugle call that signals troops to return
	a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)

brush up (verb)	recall (verb)
bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state	recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
refresh one's memory	cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
	go back to something earlier
	summon to return
	cause to be returned
	make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
	bring to mind

Difference between brush up and recall

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