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Reflection vs Pondering - What's the difference?

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Reflection is a related term of pondering.


As nouns the difference between reflection and pondering

is that reflection is the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected while pondering is ruminations.

As a verb pondering is

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reflection

English

Alternative forms

* reflexion

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    • Derived terms

    * reflectional * reflectionless * self-reflection

    Related terms

    * reflect * reflective * reflector

    See also

    * refraction * diffraction

    pondering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Ruminations.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 18, author=Jim Coyle, title=Spoofing of premier a bad omen, work=Toronto Star citation
    • , passage=Alas, it looked yesterday, when the Legislature returned to business, as if Premier Dalton McGuinty's peculiar maunderings and ponderings of the past several weeks risk making him just that.}}