recall vs cancel

cancel vs recall

recall and cancel both are nouns.

recall and cancel both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recall	Yes	No	Yes	No
cancel	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

recall: make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
cancel: declare null and void; make ineffective

Other hypernyms of recall include strike down.

recall (noun)	cancel (noun)
the act of removing an official by petition	a notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat
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)	cancel (verb)
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection	make invalid for use
cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression	remove or make invisible
go back to something earlier	declare null and void; make ineffective
summon to return	postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
cause to be returned	make up for
make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
bring to mind

Difference between recall and cancel

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