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Remembering vs Remind - What's the difference?

remembering | remind |

As verbs the difference between remembering and remind

is that remembering is while remind is to cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).

As a noun remembering

is the act by which something is remembered.

remembering

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is remembered.
  • * (Marita Sturken)
  • The Vietnam War films are forms of memory that function to provide collective rememberings , to construct history, and to subsume within them the experience of the veterans.

    remind

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
  • * 1849 , , Shirley , ch. 3:
  • I am aware, reader, and you need not remind me, that it is a dreadful thing for a parson to be warlike.
  • * 1915 , , Victory: An Island Tale , "Author's Note":
  • His eyes were green and every cat I see to this day reminds me of the exact contour of his face.

    Synonyms

    * put someone in mind of

    Derived terms

    * reminder