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Association vs Recollection - What's the difference?

association | recollection |

As nouns the difference between association and recollection

is that association is the act of associating while recollection is the act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance or recollection can be process of collecting again.

association

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of associating.
  • The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
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  • (statistics) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
  • A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
  • Derived terms

    * guilt by association

    recollection

    English

    Etymology 1

    Via (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance.
  • The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance
  • ''Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore.
  • That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
  • ''One of his earliest recollections ." - (Thomas Babington Macaulay).
  • (archaic) (also spelled re-collection) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
  • ''From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection .
    Synonyms
    * reminiscence * remembrance * memory.
    Derived terms
    * recollective

    Etymology 2

    Noun

  • Process of collecting again.
  • (Webster 1913)