recognition vs memory

memory vs recognition

recognition and memory both are nouns.

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

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

recognition: the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
memory: the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered

Other hypernyms of recognition include remembering.

recognition (noun)	memory (noun)
designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body	an electronic memory device
the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering	the power of retaining and recalling past experience
an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid	the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
coming to understand something clearly and distinctly	something that is remembered
approval	the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes
the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

Difference between recognition and memory

Words related to "memory"

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