memory vs thought

memory

noun
  • The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later at will. 

  • Which returns to its original shape when heated 

  • A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd. 

  • The time within which past events can be or are remembered. 

  • A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism. 

  • The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM). 

  • Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”). 

thought

noun
  • Representation created in the mind without the use of one's faculties of vision, sound, smell, touch, or taste; an instance of thinking. 

  • A very small amount, distance, etc.; a whit or jot. 

  • A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region). 

  • The operation by which mental activity arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished. 

  • Anxiety, distress. 

  • The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation. 

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