Call Up vs Recall - What's the Difference?

Call Up

Recall

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • an order to report for military duty
Definition as Noun
  • a call to return
  • a bugle call that signals troops to return
  • the act of removing an official by petition
  • a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
  • the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
Definition as Verb
  • bring forward for consideration
  • get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
  • recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
  • cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively
  • call to arms; of military personnel
Definition as Verb
  • cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
  • make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
  • summon to return
  • cause to be returned
  • call to mind
  • go back to something earlier
  • recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

Examples

  • "The case was called up in court"
  • "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning"
  • "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
  • "clicking on the icon calls up the program"; "the author's description of the banquet called up delicious aromas"; "running into an old friend summoned up memories of her childhood"
  • "the recall of our ambassador"
  • "he has total recall of the episode"
  • "She was recalled by a loud laugh"
  • "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"
  • "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession"
  • "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
  • "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"
  • "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
  • "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"

Parts of Speech

Noun, Verb
Noun, Verb