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brush up vs recollect

recollect vs brush up

brush up and recollect both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
brush up No No Yes No
recollect No No Yes No
As verbs, recollect is a hypernym of brush up; that is, recollect is a word with a broader meaning than brush up:
  • brush up: refresh one's memory
  • recollect: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
Other hypernyms of brush up include call back, call up, recall, remember, retrieve, think.
brush up (verb) recollect (verb)
bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
refresh one's memory
Difference between brush up and recollect

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