Flashback vs Recollection - What's the difference?
flashback | recollection |
a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative
(psychology) a vivid mental image of a past trauma, especially one that recurs
a similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug
the condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system
The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance.
The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance
That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
(archaic) (also spelled re-collection) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
As nouns the difference between flashback and recollection
is that flashback is flashback while recollection is the act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance or recollection can be process of collecting again.flashback
English
Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (dramatic device) analepsisCoordinate terms
* (act of remembering) reminiscenceDerived terms
* (flame) flashback arrestorDescendants
* German: (l)See also
* flashforwardAnagrams
* ----recollection
English
Etymology 1
Via (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- ''Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore.
- ''One of his earliest recollections ." - (Thomas Babington Macaulay).
- ''From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection .