recall vs concentrate

concentrate vs recall

recall and concentrate both are nouns.

recall and concentrate both are verbs.

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

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

recall: cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
concentrate: direct one's attention on something

Other hypernyms of recall include center, centre, focus, pore, rivet.

recall (noun)	concentrate (noun)
the act of removing an official by petition	a concentrated example of something
the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)	a concentrated form of a foodstuff; the bulk is reduced by removing water
a call to return	the desired mineral that is left after impurities have been removed from mined ore
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)	concentrate (verb)
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection	cook until very little liquid is left
cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression	make denser, stronger, or purer
go back to something earlier	make central
summon to return	be cooked until very little liquid is left
cause to be returned	make more concise
make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution	compress or concentrate
bring to mind	direct one's attention on something
	draw together or meet in one common center

Difference between recall and concentrate

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