Flashback vs Memory - What's the difference?
flashback | memory |
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
(uncountable) The ability of an organism to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will.
* (rfdate) Albert Schweitzer
A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.
(computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
(attributive, of a material) which returns to its original
(obsolete) A memorial.
* Shakespeare
As nouns the difference between flashback and memory
is that flashback is a dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative while memory is the ability of an organism to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will.flashback
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Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (dramatic device) analepsisCoordinate terms
* (act of remembering) reminiscenceDerived terms
* (flame) flashback arrestorDescendants
* German: (l)See also
* flashforwardAnagrams
* ----memory
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Alternative forms
* memorie (archaic)Noun
- Memory is a facility common to all animals.
- Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory .
- I have no memory of that event.
- This data passes from the CPU to the memory .
- in recent memory'''''; ''in living '''memory
- These weeds are memories of those worser hours.
