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Recall vs Undo - What's the difference?

recall | undo |

As verbs the difference between recall and undo

is that recall is to withdraw, retract (one's words etc); to revoke (an order) while undo is to reverse the effects of an action.

As a noun recall

is the action or fact of calling someone or something back.

As an adjective undo is

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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 ----

    undo

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

  • To reverse the effects of an action.
  • Fortunately, we can undo most of the damage to the system by the war.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 15 , author=Michael Da Silva , title=Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=But Wigan undid their good work by conceding an avoidable second goal deep into first-half injury time.}}
  • To unfasten.
  • Could you undo my buckle for me?
  • (figuratively) to be heading for or to cause a downfall
  • * 1611 ,
  • Woe is me, for I am undone !

    Synonyms

    * cancel, reverse * unbuckle, unbutton, untie, unzip

    Antonyms

    * redo * do up, button, button up, tie up, zip, zip up,

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (head)
  • References

    Anagrams

    * English irregular verbs ----