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Annul vs Recall - What's the difference?

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Annul is a related term of recall.


In lang=en terms the difference between annul and recall

is that annul is to dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid while recall is to request or order the return of (a faulty product).

As verbs the difference between annul and recall

is that annul is to formally revoke the validity of while recall is to withdraw, retract (one's words etc); to revoke (an order).

As a noun recall is

the action or fact of calling someone or something back.

annul

English

Verb

  • To formally revoke the validity of.
  • To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid.
  • Derived terms

    * annulment

    References

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    recall

    English

    (wikipedia recall)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).
  • To call back, bring back or summon (someone) to a specific place, station etc.
  • He was recalled to service after his retirement.
    She was recalled to London for the trial.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Fernando Torres was recalled in place of the suspended Didier Drogba and he was only denied a goal in the opening seconds by Laurent Koscielny's intervention - a moment that set the tone for game filled with attacking quality and littered with errors.}}
  • To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc.
  • To call back (a situation, event etc.) to one's mind; to remember, recollect.
  • * 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 10:
  • In fact, I hardly recall any occasion as a child when I was alone.
  • (intransitive) To call again, to call another time.
  • To request or order the return of (a faulty product).
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Noun

  • The action or fact of calling someone or something back.
  • Memory; the ability to remember.
  • In , the fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search
  • a product recall (request of the return of a faulty product).
  • Anagrams

    * * English heteronyms ----