Recollection vs Commemoration - What's the difference?
recollection | commemoration |
The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance.
The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance
That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
(archaic) (also spelled re-collection) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event.
Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial.
As nouns the difference between recollection and commemoration
is that recollection is the act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance or recollection can be process of collecting again while commemoration is commemoration.recollection
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Etymology 1
Via (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- ''Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore.
- ''One of his earliest recollections ." - (Thomas Babington Macaulay).
- ''From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection .
