Recollection vs Recognition - What's the difference?
recollection | recognition |
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
That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
(archaic) (also spelled re-collection) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized
* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
an awareness that something observed has been observed before
acceptance as valid or true
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official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country
honour, favourable note, or attention
As nouns the difference between recollection and recognition
is that 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 while recognition is the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized.recollection
English
Etymology 1
Via (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- ''Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore.
- ''One of his earliest recollections ." - (Thomas Babington Macaulay).
- ''From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection .
Synonyms
* reminiscence * remembrance * memory.Derived terms
* recollectiveEtymology 2
recognition
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Noun
(en-noun)- He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.
- Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition ; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.
- The law was a recognition of their civil rights.
- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
- The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.