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recall vs brush up

brush up vs recall

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

recall and brush up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
recall Yes No Yes No
brush up No No Yes No
As verbs, brush up is a hyponym of recall; that is, brush up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than recall:
  • recall: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
  • brush up: refresh one's memory
Other hyponyms of recall include know, recognise, recognize, refresh, review.
recall (noun) brush up (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)
recall (verb) brush up (verb)
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression refresh one's memory
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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