recall vs memory

memory vs recall

recall and memory both are nouns.

recall is a verb but memory is not a verb.

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

As nouns, memory is a hypernym of recall; that is, memory is a word with a broader meaning than recall:

recall: the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
memory: the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered

Other hypernyms of recall include remembering.

recall (noun)	memory (noun)
the act of removing an official by petition	an electronic memory device
the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)	the power of retaining and recalling past experience
a call to return	the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
a bugle call that signals troops to return	something that is remembered
a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)	the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes

recall (verb)	memory (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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