Difference between Tell and Recount

What is the difference between Tell and Recount?

Tell as a noun is a giveaway sign, especially one used in the game of poker. while Recount as a noun is a counting again, as of votes.

Tell

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A giveaway sign, especially one used in the game of poker. A mound, originally in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To narrate. To convey by speech. To instruct or inform. To order; to direct. To discern, notice, identify or distinguish. (archaic outside of idioms) To count, reckon, or enumerate. To count or enumerate (see teller)

Example sentence: Folks, I can tell you I've known eight presidents, three of them intimately.

Recount

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A counting again, as of votes.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To count or reckon again.To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate; as, to recount one's blessings.

Example sentence: The fact of the matter is that they are entitled to request a recount. We're entitled to give them a recount.

We hope you now know whether to use Tell or Recount in your sentence.

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