Reminisce vs Lament - What's the difference?
reminisce | lament |
To recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically.
To talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories.
To express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.
* Bible, John xvi. 20
To feel great sorrow or regret; to bewail.
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* Dryden
In intransitive terms the difference between reminisce and lament
is that reminisce is to talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories while lament is to express grief; to weep or wail; to mourn.As a noun lament is
an expression of grief, suffering, or sadness.reminisce
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(reminisc)lament
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* (l) (rare)Verb
(en verb)- Ye shall weep and lament , but the world shall rejoice.
Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter", The Guardian , 18 October 2014:
- By the end, Sunderland were lucky to lose by the same scoreline Northampton Town suffered against Southampton, in 1921. The Sunderland manager, Gus Poyet, lamented that it was “the most embarrassed I’ve ever been on a football pitch, without a doubt”.
- One laughed at follies, one lamented crimes.