Respond vs Recall - What's the difference?
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(intransitive) To say something in return; to answer; to reply.
To act in return; to exhibit some action or effect in return to a force or stimulus; to do something in response; to accord.
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(ambitransitive) To correspond with; to suit.
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To satisfy; to answer.
A response.
A versicle or short anthem chanted at intervals during the reading of a lection.
(architecture) A half-pillar, pilaster, or any corresponding device engaged in a wall to receive the impost of an arch.
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).
In transitive intransitive terms the difference between respond and recall
is that respond is to say something in return; to answer; to reply while recall is to call again, to call another time.In transitive terms the difference between respond and recall
is that respond is to satisfy; to answer while recall is to request or order the return of (a faulty product).respond
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Verb
(en verb)- to respond to a question or an argument
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- For his great deeds respond his speeches great.
- The prisoner was held to respond the judgment of the court.
Derived terms
* responder * responsiveNoun
(en noun)See also
* reactReferences
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* English reporting verbsrecall
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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.