Reflection vs Commentary - What's the difference?
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The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror).
Something, such as an image, that is reflected.
(senseid) Careful thought or consideration.
*{{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
, passage=But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections .}}
An implied criticism.
(label) The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.
A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.
A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.
An oral description of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.
Reflection is a related term of commentary.
As nouns the difference between reflection and commentary
is that reflection is the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected while commentary is a series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.reflection
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Alternative forms
* reflexionNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
* reflectional * reflectionless * self-reflectionSee also
* refraction * diffractioncommentary
Noun
(commentaries)- This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary . -(Henry Hallam).