Hindsight vs Flashback - What's the difference?
hindsight | flashback |
Realisation or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred
The rear sight of a firearm
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
As nouns the difference between hindsight and flashback
is that hindsight is realisation or understanding of the significance and nature of events after they have occurred while flashback is a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.hindsight
English
(split)Noun
(-)- When you read "
Seven Little Rabbits
" at age 6 and read it again 15 years later, the hindsight you've developed in the time between will make you look at and think of the book much differently than you did the first time!