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Reminiscent vs Recall - What's the difference?

reminiscent | recall |

As nouns the difference between reminiscent and recall

is that reminiscent is one who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences while recall is the action or fact of calling someone or something back.

As an adjective reminiscent

is of, or relating to reminiscence.

As a verb recall is

to withdraw, retract (one's words etc); to revoke (an order).

reminiscent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of, or relating to reminiscence
  • suggestive of an earlier event or times
  • tending to bring some memory etc. to mind
  • *
  • The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis'', with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in ''Frullania spp.
  • Remembering; undergoing reminiscence.
  • * Sir W. Hamilton
  • Some other state of existence, of which we have been previously conscious, and are now reminiscent .

    Synonyms

    * evocative * redolent * remindful * resonant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.
  • recall

    English

    (wikipedia recall)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • 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.
  • He was recalled to service after his retirement.
    She was recalled to London for the trial.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Fernando Torres was recalled in place of the suspended Didier Drogba and he was only denied a goal in the opening seconds by Laurent Koscielny's intervention - a moment that set the tone for game filled with attacking quality and littered with errors.}}
  • 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:
  • In fact, I hardly recall any occasion as a child when I was alone.
  • (intransitive) To call again, to call another time.
  • To request or order the return of (a faulty product).
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Noun

  • 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).
  • Anagrams

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