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memory vs recall

recall vs memory

memory and recall both are nouns.

memory is not a verb while recall is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
memory Yes No No No
recall Yes No Yes No
As nouns, recall is a hyponym of memory; that is, recall is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than memory:
  • memory: the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
  • recall: the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
Other hyponyms of memory include immediate memory, short-term memory, STM, working memory, long-term memory, LTM, retrieval, recollection, reminiscence, identification, recognition, association, connection, connexion, retrospection, musical memory.
memory (noun) recall (noun)
an electronic memory device the act of removing an official by petition
the power of retaining and recalling past experience the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered a call to return
something that is remembered a bugle call that signals troops to return
the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
memory (verb) recall (verb)
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
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
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