repeal vs recall

recall vs repeal

repeal and recall both are nouns.

repeal and recall both are verbs.

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

As nouns, recall is a hyponym of repeal; that is, recall is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than repeal:

repeal: the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
recall: the act of removing an official by petition

Other hyponyms of repeal include derogation, vacation, revocation.

repeal (noun)	recall (noun)
the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation	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)

repeal (verb)	recall (verb)
cancel officially	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 repeal and recall

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