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Reminiscence vs Thinking - What's the difference?

reminiscence | thinking |

As nouns the difference between reminiscence and thinking

is that reminiscence is an act of remembering long-past experiences, often fondly while thinking is gerund of think.

As a verb thinking is

present participle of lang=en.

reminiscence

English

(wikipedia reminiscence)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of remembering long-past experiences, often fondly.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence .}}
  • A mental image thus remembered.

    • Synonyms

    * recall * recollection

    Coordinate terms

    * flashback - memory of trauma

    Related terms

    * reminiscent

    See also

    * nostalgia

    External links

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    thinking

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Gerund of think.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The machine of a new soul , passage= But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking —and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.}}

    Derived terms

    * critical thinking * thinking man * wishful thinking

    Verb

    (head)
  • *, chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking ; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}

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