refresh vs recall

recall vs refresh

refresh is not a noun while recall is a noun.

refresh and recall both are verbs.

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

As verbs, recall is a hypernym of refresh; that is, recall is a word with a broader meaning than refresh:

refresh: refresh one's memory
recall: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

Other hypernyms of refresh include call back, call up, recollect, remember, retrieve, think.

refresh (noun)	recall (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)

refresh (verb)	recall (verb)
make fresh again	recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
become or make oneself fresh again	cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
make (to feel) fresh	go back to something earlier
refresh one's memory	summon to return
	cause to be returned
	make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
	bring to mind

Difference between refresh and recall

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