Difference between Return and Recall

What is the difference between Return and Recall?

Return as a noun is the act of returning. while Recall as a noun is the action or fact of calling someone or something back.

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: Shall I, that have destroyed my Preservers, return home?

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 replacementTo 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: Tough times don't last, but tough people do. And I've been through some tough times, and I know a lot of people can recall tough times, and maybe are going through some tough times right now, but they don't last.

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

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