Difference between Recall and Return

What is the difference between Recall and Return?

Recall as a verb is to call back, bring back or summon to a specific place, station etc. while Return as a verb is to come or go back (to a place or person).

Recall

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To call back, bring back or summon to a specific place, station etc. To remember, recollect. To request or order someone or something to return, especially that a product or batch of products be returned to its manufacturer for repair or replacement To cancel or annul, especially of a journey undertaken by an official.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The action or fact of calling someone or something back. Memory; the ability to remember. In Information retrieval, the fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search

Example sentence: There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

Return

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The act of returning.A return ticket.An item that is returned, e.g. due to a defect.Gain or loss from an investment.A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts. A tax return.A carriage return character.The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.A short perpendicular extension of a desk, usually slightly lower.Catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.A throw from a fielder to the wicket-keeper or to another fielder at the wicket.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To come or go back (to a place or person).To go back in thought, narration, or argument.To turn back, retreat.To turn (something) round.To give something back to its original holder or owner.To take something back to a retailer for a refund.To bat the ball back over the net in response to a serve.To play a card as a result of another player's lead.To throw a ball back to the wicket-keeper (or a fielder at that position) from somewhere in the field.To relinquish control to the calling procedure.To pass (data) back to the calling procedure.

Example sentence: Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.

We hope you now know whether to use Recall or Return in your sentence.

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