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Memorized vs Recited - What's the difference?

memorized | recited |

As verbs the difference between memorized and recited

is that memorized is (memorize) while recited is (recite).

memorized

English

Verb

(head)
  • (memorize)

    • memorize

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (UK) memorise

    Verb

  • to learn by heart, commit to memory
  • *
  • * 2009 , A Practical Study of Argument (ISBN 0495603406), page 123:
    • Many years ago there was a rumor that a basketball star (Jerry Lucas of the New York Knicks) had memorized the entire Manhattan phone book.
  • * 2009 , Hailey Abbott, The Perfect Boy (ISBN 006197157X), page 258:
    • She was so used to the way he moved—they'd been practicing together for years, and she'd memorized the way his body worked.

    Derived terms

    * memorization

    recited

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (recite)

    • Anagrams

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    recite

    English

    Verb

    (recit)
  • To repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, often before an audience
  • To list or enumerate something
  • To deliver a recitation

    • Related terms

    * recit

    Anagrams

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