The difference between Memory and Recollection
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 recollection means the act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory.
check bellow for the other definitions of Memory and Recollection
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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."
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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."
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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."
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Memory as a noun:
The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
Examples:
"in recent memory''; ''in living memory"
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Memory as a noun (attributive, of a material):
which returns to its original when
Examples:
"'Memory metal; memory plastic."
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Memory as a noun (obsolete):
A memorial.
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Memory as a noun (zoology, collective, rare):
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Recollection as a noun:
The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory
Examples:
"synonyms: reminiscence remembrance"
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Recollection as a noun:
The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance
Examples:
"Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore."
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Recollection as a noun:
That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
Examples:
"One of his earliest recollections." - w Thomas Babington Macaulay."
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Recollection as a noun (archaic):
(also spelled re-collection) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
Examples:
"From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection."
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Recollection as a noun (Philippines):
A spiritual retreat.
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Recollection as a noun:
Process of collecting again.