recall vs recur

recur vs recall

recall is a noun but recur is not a noun.

recall and recur both are verbs.

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

As verbs, recur is a hyponym of recall; that is, recur is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than recall:

recall: go back to something earlier
recur: return in thought or speech to something

Other hyponyms of recall include go back.

recall (noun)	recur (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)	recur (verb)
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection	happen or occur again
cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression	return in thought or speech to something
go back to something earlier	have recourse to
summon to return
cause to be returned
make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
bring to mind

Difference between recall and recur

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