recall vs remembering

remembering vs recall

recall and remembering both are nouns.

recall is a verb but remembering is not a verb.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of recall include memory.

recall (noun)	remembering (noun)
the act of removing an official by petition	the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
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)	remembering (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

Difference between recall and remembering

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