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Recalling vs Referring - What's the difference?

recalling | referring |

As verbs the difference between recalling and referring

is that recalling is present participle of lang=en while referring is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun recalling

is the act by which something is recalled.

recalling

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is recalled.
  • * (Mark Twain), The Mysterious Stranger
  • I was full of sorrow, and also of remorse, which is the way with us in the first days of a bereavement, and at such times we wish to be alone with our trouble and our bitter recallings of failings of loyalty or love toward the comrade who is gone.

    referring

    English

    Verb

    (head)