Remind vs. Recall

Remind vs. Recall — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Remind and Recall

Remindverb

To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).

Recallverb

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

Remindverb

put in the mind of someone;

Remind me to call Mother

Recallverb

(transitive) 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.

Remindverb

assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

Recallverb

(transitive) To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc.

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Recallverb

(transitive) To call back (a situation, event etc.) to one's mind; to remember, recollect.

Recallverb

To call again, to call another time.

Recallverb

(transitive) To request or order the return of (a faulty product).

Recallnoun

The action or fact of calling someone or something back.

Recallnoun

Request of the return of a faulty product

Recallnoun

The right or procedure by which a public official may be removed from office before the end of his/her term of office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters.

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Recallnoun

The right or procedure by which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in the platform of the Progressive party for certain cases involving the police power of the state.

Recallnoun

Memory; the ability to remember.

Recallnoun

(information retrieval) the fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search

Recallnoun

a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)

Recallnoun

a call to return;

the recall of our ambassador

Recallnoun

a bugle call that signals troops to return

Recallnoun

the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort);

he has total recall of the episode

Recallnoun

the act of removing an official by petition

Recallverb

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection;

I can't remember saying any such thingI can't think what her last name wascan you remember her phone number?Do you remember that he once loved you?call up memories

Recallverb

go back to something earlier;

This harks back to a previous remark of his

Recallverb

call to mind;

His words echoed John F. Kennedy

Recallverb

summon to return;

The ambassador was recalled to his countryThe company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession

Recallverb

cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression;

She was recalled by a loud laugh

Recallverb

make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution;

The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty

Recallverb

cause to be returned;

recall the defective auto tiresThe manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt