recall vs focus

focus vs recall

recall and focus both are nouns.

recall and focus both are verbs.

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

As verbs, focus is a hypernym of recall; that is, focus 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
focus: direct one's attention on something

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

recall (noun)	focus (noun)
the act of removing an official by petition	maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system
the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)	maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea
a call to return	the concentration of attention or energy on something
a bugle call that signals troops to return	a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section
a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)	a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges
	a central point or locus of an infection in an organism
	special emphasis attached to something

recall (verb)	focus (verb)
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection	become focussed or come into focus
cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression	put (an image) into focus
go back to something earlier	direct one's attention on something
summon to return	bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions
cause to be returned	cause to converge on or toward a central point
make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
bring to mind

Difference between recall and focus

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