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Remind vs Recalling - What's the difference?

remind | recalling |

As verbs the difference between remind and recalling

is that remind is to cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person) while recalling is .

As a noun recalling is

the act by which something is recalled.

remind

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
  • * 1849 , , Shirley , ch. 3:
    • I am aware, reader, and you need not remind me, that it is a dreadful thing for a parson to be warlike.
  • * 1915 , , Victory: An Island Tale , "Author's Note":
    • His eyes were green and every cat I see to this day reminds me of the exact contour of his face.

    Synonyms

    * put someone in mind of

    Derived terms

    * reminder

    Anagrams

    * English reporting verbs 1000 English basic words

    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.