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recollect vs brush up

brush up vs recollect

recollect and brush up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
recollect No No Yes No
brush up No No Yes No
As verbs, brush up is a hyponym of recollect; that is, brush up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than recollect:
  • recollect: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
  • brush up: refresh one's memory
Other hyponyms of recollect include know, recognise, recognize, refresh, review.
recollect (verb) brush up (verb)
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
refresh one's memory
Difference between recollect and brush up

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