recall vs rivet

rivet vs recall

recall and rivet both are nouns.

recall and rivet both are verbs.

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

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

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

recall (noun)	rivet (noun)
the act of removing an official by petition	heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together
the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)	ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt)
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)	rivet (verb)
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection	direct one's attention on something
cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression	hold (someone's attention)
go back to something earlier	fasten with a rivet or rivets
summon to return
cause to be returned
make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
bring to mind

Difference between recall and rivet

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