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Reflected vs Observed - What's the difference?

reflected | observed |

As verbs the difference between reflected and observed

is that reflected is (reflect) while observed is (observe).

As an adjective reflected

is bent or sent back (especially of incident sound or light).

reflected

English

Verb

(head)
  • (reflect)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • bent or sent back (especially of incident sound or light)
    • Reflected''' light or '''reflected heat.

    observed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (observe)
    • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4] (pdf) from [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/chemistry/chemical-synthesis/learning-center/aldrichimica-acta.html Sigma-Aldrich
  • ::N-substituted pyrroles are much less reactive than the other 5-membered 1,3-dienes; no reaction was observed between N-(trimethylsilyl) pyrrole or N-benzylpyrrole with Smith’s diene (4) under thermal or high pressure (4 days at 14 kbar) conditions, even in the presence of Lewis acids.