Reflected vs Observed - What's the difference?
reflected | observed |
(reflect)
bent or sent back (especially of incident sound or light)
(observe)
::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.
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
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(head)- Reflected''' light or '''reflected heat.
observed
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