Retrieval vs Recollection - What's the difference?
retrieval | recollection |
the act of retrieving or something retrieved
(computing) the operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device
the cognitive process of bringing stored information into consciousness
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.
As nouns the difference between retrieval and recollection
is that retrieval is the act of retrieving or something retrieved 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.retrieval
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(wikipedia retrieval)Noun
(en noun)recollection
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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 .