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Flashback vs Throwback - What's the difference?

flashback | throwback |

As nouns the difference between flashback and throwback

is that flashback is a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative while throwback is a reversion to an earlier stage of development.

flashback

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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

    • Synonyms

    * (dramatic device) analepsis

    Coordinate terms

    * (act of remembering) reminiscence

    Derived terms

    * (flame) flashback arrestor

    Descendants

    * German: (l)

    See also

    * flashforward

    Anagrams

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    throwback

    English

    Noun

  • A reversion to an earlier stage of development.
  • *
  • An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form.
  • An atavism.
  • *
  • A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed.

    • Synonyms

    * (of a previous age) anachronism