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Reminding vs Remembering - What's the difference?

reminding | remembering |

As verbs the difference between reminding and remembering

is that reminding is while remembering is .

As nouns the difference between reminding and remembering

is that reminding is the act by which somebody is reminded of something while remembering is the act by which something is remembered.

reminding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which somebody is reminded of something.
  • * 1991 , Program of the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society
    • This paper explores the relationship between human activity and remindings . We argue that the type of activity in which a person is engaged influences the kinds of features that trigger remindings

    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.