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Deliberative vs Reflective - What's the difference?

deliberative | reflective |

As adjectives the difference between deliberative and reflective

is that deliberative is that deliberates, considers carefully while reflective is something which reflects, or redirects back to the source.

As a noun deliberative

is a discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.

deliberative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That deliberates, considers carefully.
  • * Bancroft
    • a consummate work of deliberative wisdom
  • * Hallam
    • The court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
    • , author=Steven Sloman , title=The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation , volume=100, issue=1, page=74 , magazine= citation , passage=Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they were in control.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined.
    • (Francis Bacon)
  • A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.
    • ----

    reflective

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Something which reflects, or redirects back to the source.
    • Mirrors are reflective .
  • Thinking back on the past.
    • He always becomes reflective in preparation for the new year.
  • (computing, programming) Involving reflection.

    • Derived terms

    * unreflective

    Coordinate terms

    * refractive