Recap vs Recall - What's the difference?
recap | recall |
To seal (something) again with a cap.
To recapitulate.
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.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 29
, author=Phil McNulty
, title=Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal
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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:
(intransitive) To call again, to call another time.
To request or order the return of (a faulty product).
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).
As verbs the difference between recap and recall
is that recap is to seal (something) again with a cap while recall is to withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).As nouns the difference between recap and recall
is that recap is a recapitulation while recall is the action or fact of calling someone or something back.recap
English
Etymology 1
re- + capVerb
Etymology 2
Shortened from recapitulate/recapitulationSynonyms
* (recapitulation) summarisation/summarization, summary, summing-upVerb
(recapp)Synonyms
* (recapitulate) summarise/summarize, sum upAnagrams
* * * English heteronymsrecall
English
(wikipedia recall)Verb
(en verb)- He was recalled to service after his retirement.
- She was recalled to London for the trial.
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- In fact, I hardly recall any occasion as a child when I was alone.
