The difference between Memory and Recall

When used as nouns, memory means the ability of a system to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will, whereas recall means the action or fact of calling someone or something back. request of the return of a faulty product 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. 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.


Recall is also verb with the meaning: to withdraw, retract (one's words etc.).

check bellow for the other definitions of Memory and Recall

  1. Memory as a noun (uncountable):

    The ability of a system to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will.

    Examples:

    "Memory is a facility common to all animals."

  2. Memory as a noun:

    A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.

    Examples:

    "I have no memory of that event."

    "My wedding is one of my happiest memories."

  3. Memory as a noun (computing):

    The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).

    Examples:

    "This data passes from the CPU to the memory."

  4. Memory as a noun:

    The time within which past events can be or are remembered.

    Examples:

    "in recent memory''; ''in living memory"

  5. Memory as a noun (attributive, of a material):

    which returns to its original when

    Examples:

    "'Memory metal; memory plastic."

  6. Memory as a noun (obsolete):

    A memorial.

  7. Memory as a noun (zoology, collective, rare):

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  1. Recall as a verb (transitive):

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

  2. Recall as a verb (transitive):

    To call back, bring back or summon (someone) to a specific place, station etc.

    Examples:

    "He was recalled to service after his retirement."

    "She was recalled to London for the trial."

  3. Recall as a verb (transitive):

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

  4. Recall as a verb (transitive):

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

  5. Recall as a verb (transitive, intransitive):

    To call again, to call another time.

  6. Recall as a verb (transitive):

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

  1. Recall as a noun:

    The action or fact of calling someone or something back. Request of the return of a faulty product 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. 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.

  2. Recall as a noun:

    Memory; the ability to remember.

  3. Recall as a noun (information retrieval):

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

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