recollection vs thought

recollection

noun
  • The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control. 

  • The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the act of recalling to memory. 

  • That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence. 

  • A spiritual retreat, especially one that is short. 

  • Process of collecting again. 

  • The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance. 

thought

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

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

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

  • Anxiety, distress. 

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

  • The careful consideration of multiple factors; deliberation. 

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