recollection vs memory

Recollection is either the process of remembering something or a specific memory.

If someone says, "To the best of my recollection, I never met Ted," they're saying they tried to remember Ted and couldn’t. Basically, your memory is your recollection. You can also say your memories are recollections. You could have a recollection of a baseball game on your birthday. If you know that collecting is to gather things, it makes sense that recollecting is like the process of gathering your memories.Definitions of

recollection

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nthe process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

Synonyms:

recall, reminiscence

Types:

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Type of:

memory, remembering

the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered

nthe ability to recall past occurrences

Synonyms:

anamnesis, remembrance

Type of:

memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity

the power of retaining and recalling past experience

nsomething recalled to the mind

Type of:

memory

something that is remembered