focus vs recall

focus

verb
  • To concentrate one’s attention. 

  • To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane. 

  • To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so that it receives subsequent input. 

  • To direct attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or task. 

  • To concentrate during a task. 

  • To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point. 

  • To aggregate figures of accounts. 

noun
  • The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium. 

  • A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge. 

  • The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information. 

  • The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium. 

  • A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge. 

  • The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre). 

  • The status of being the currently active element in a user interface, often indicated by a visual highlight. 

  • Concentration of attention. 

  • An object used in casting a magic spell. 

recall

verb
  • To call back (a situation, event etc.) to one's mind; to remember, recollect. 

  • To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc. 

  • To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote. 

  • To call back, bring back or summon (someone) to a specific place, station etc. 

  • To call again, to call another time. 

  • To request or order the return of (a faulty product). 

  • To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order). 

noun
  • Memory; the ability to remember. 

  • The fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search. 

  • The right or procedure by which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in the platform of the Progressive Party for certain cases involving the police power of the state. 

  • Request of the return of a faulty product. 

  • The right or procedure by which a public official may be removed from office before the end of their term of office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters. 

How often have the words focus and recall occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )