Recollection vs Retrospective - What's the difference?
recollection | retrospective |
The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance.
The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance
That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
(archaic) (also spelled re-collection) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
of, relating to, or contemplating the past
looking backwards
affecting or influencing past things; retroactive
an exhibition of works from an extended period of an artist's activity
As nouns the difference between recollection and retrospective
is that recollection is the act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance while retrospective is an exhibition of works from an extended period of an artist's activity.As an adjective retrospective is
of, relating to, or contemplating the past.recollection
English
Etymology 1
Via (etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- ''Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore.
- ''One of his earliest recollections ." - (Thomas Babington Macaulay).
- ''From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection .