Reflection vs Revelation - What's the difference?
reflection | revelation |
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.
The act of revealing or disclosing.
Something that is revealed.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
, volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Something dramatically disclosed.
(theology) A manifestation of divine truth.
A great success.
* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 21, author=Jonathan Jurejko, work=BBC Sport
, title=
As nouns the difference between reflection and revelation
is that reflection is the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected while revelation is revelation.reflection
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Alternative forms
* reflexionNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
* reflectional * reflectionless * self-reflectionSee also
* refraction * diffractionrevelation
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Noun
(wikipedia revelation) (en noun)How algorithms rule the world, passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.
Newcastle 3-0 Stoke, passage=The 26-year-old has proved a revelation since his £10m move from Freiburg, with his 11 goals in 10 matches hauling Newcastle above Spurs, who went down to Adel Taarabt's goal in Saturday's late kick-off at Loftus Road.}}