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Remind vs Callback - What's the difference?

remind | callback |

As a verb 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 callback is

the return of a situation to a previous position or state.

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

    callback

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia callback) (en noun)
  • The return of a situation to a previous position or state.
  • A return telephone or radio call; especially one made automatically to authenticate a logon to a computer network.
  • * 2007 , James M. Lepkowski, ?Clyde Tucker, ?J. Michael Brick, Advances in Telephone Survey Methodology (page 318)
  • For example, multiple callbacks might be made to a nonanswered number to increase the response rate.
  • A product recall because of a defect or safety concern.
  • (computing, programming) A function pointer passed to another function that the latter can call for notification purposes.
  • (theater) a follow-up audition (casting)
  • (comedy) a joke which references an earlier joke in the same routine
  • *{{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=August 21 , author=Jason Heller , title=The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review) , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=When the album succeeds, such as on the swaggering, Queen-esque “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us,” it does so on The Darkness’ own terms—that is, as a random ’80s-cliché generator. But with so many tired, lazy callbacks to its own threadbare catalog (including “Love Is Not The Answer,” a watery echo of the epic “I Believe In A Thing Called Love” from 2003’s Permission To Land''), ''Hot Cakes marks the point where The Darkness has stopped cannibalizing the golden age of stadium rock and simply started cannibalizing itself. And, despite Hawkins’ inveterate crotch-grabbing, there was never that much meat there to begin with. }}

    Synonyms

    * (joke) running gag