recall vs sum

recall

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

  • Memory; the ability to remember. 

  • 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). 

sum

noun
  • A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation. 

  • The basic unit of money in Uzbekistan. 

  • The utmost degree. 

  • A summary; the principal points or thoughts when viewed together; the amount; the substance; compendium. 

  • A quantity of money. 

  • The basic unit of money in Kyrgyzstan. 

  • A type of administrative district used in China, Mongolia, and Russia. In Mongolia, a sum is smaller than a province. In China, it is only used in Inner Mongolia, where it is equivalent to a township. 

  • An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition). 

  • A central idea or point; gist. 

verb
  • To add together. 

  • To give a summary of. 

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