Reflect vs Reproduce - What's the difference?
reflect | reproduce |
To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.
To mirror, or show the image of something.
To be mirrored.
To agree with; to closely follow.
To give evidence of someone's or something's character etc.
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(senseid) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
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To produce an image or copy of something.
(biology) To generate offspring (sexually or asexually), or organisms.
To produce again; to recreate.
To bring something to mind; to recall.
As verbs the difference between reflect and reproduce
is that reflect is to bend back (light, etc.) from a surface while reproduce is to produce an or copy of something.reflect
English
Verb
(en verb)- A mirror reflects the light that shines on it.
- The moonlight reflected from the surface of water.
- The shop window reflected his image as he walked past.
- His image reflected from the shop window as he walked past.
- Entries in English dictionaries aim to reflect common usage.
- The team's victory reflects the Captain's abilities.
- The teacher's ability reflects well on the school.
- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
- People do that sort of thing every day, without ever stopping to reflect on the consequences.
- Not for the first time, he reflected that it was not so much the speeches that strained the nerves as the palaver that went with them.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* reflective * reflexion * unreflective * nonreflective * reflectorizereproduce
English
Verb
(reproduc)- Humans and other mammals reproduce with their genitals.
