Remembrance vs Recall - What's the difference?
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The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
* Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage. .
* Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail. .
The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection.
* This, ever grateful, in remembrance bear. .
Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.
That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.
* And on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear remembrance of his dying Lord. .
* Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake.
(obsolete) Something to be remembered; counsel; admonition; instruction.
Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends.
* Thee I have heard relating what was done Ere my remembrance . .
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.
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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.
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(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 nouns the difference between remembrance and recall
is that remembrance is the act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection while recall is the action or fact of calling someone or something back.As a verb recall is
to withdraw, retract (one's words etc); to revoke (an order).remembrance
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(Webster 1913)Alternative forms
* remembraunceNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* recollection; reminiscence. See memory.recall
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(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.