impression vs recall

impression

noun
  • The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination. 

  • set of copies of a publication printed at one time having the same content, layout, pagination, etc. 

  • The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another. 

  • An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad is shown once. 

  • A vague recalling of an event, a belief. 

  • An outward appearance. 

  • A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc. 

  • An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual. 

  • The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc. 

  • The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person. 

verb
  • To manipulate a blank key within a lock so as to mark it with impressions of the shape of the lock, which facilitates creation of a duplicate key. 

recall

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. 

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

  • 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). 

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