different between recollect vs evoke

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Medieval Latin recollectus (“remembered, composed”), from Latin recolligo (“gather again, recover”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: r?-k?-l?kt?, IPA^(key): /??k??l?kt/
• (US) enPR: r?-k?-l?kt?, IPA^(key): /??k??l?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

recollect (third-person singular simple present recollects, present participle recollecting, simple past and past participle recollected)

1. To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.

Related terms

• collect
• recollection

Translations

Etymology 2

re- +? collect

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: r?-k?-l?kt?, IPA^(key): /?i?k??l?kt/
• (US) enPR: r?-k?-l?kt?, IPA^(key): /?i?k??l?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

recollect (third-person singular simple present recollects, present participle recollecting, simple past and past participle recollected)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To collect (things) together again.
2. To compose oneself.

   • The Tyrian queen […] Admir'd his fortunes, more admir'd the man; then re-collected stood.

   • 1847, Newton Mallory Curtis, The Patrol of the Mountain (page 52)

     The Major suddenly recollected himself, and withdrew his hand, and at the same time, threw himself into a chair.

Anagrams

• collecter

English

Etymology

From French évoquer, from Latin ?voc? (“to call out, summon”), from ex (“out”) and voc? (“call”). Akin to voice.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??k
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??v??k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??vo?k/

Verb

evoke (third-person singular simple present evokes, present participle evoking, simple past and past participle evoked)

1. To call out; to draw out or bring forth.
2. To cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination.

3. To elicit a response.

Derived terms

• evocable
• reëvoke

Related terms

• evocate

Translations