Reminiscent vs Remember - What's the difference?
reminiscent | remember |
of, or relating to reminiscence
suggestive of an earlier event or times
tending to bring some memory etc. to mind
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Remembering; undergoing reminiscence.
* Sir W. Hamilton
To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
* {{quote-book, 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, chapter=The Tutor's Daughter, Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page=266
, passage=In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.}}
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 To memorize; to put something into memory.
To not forget (to do something required)
To convey greetings from.
(obsolete) To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively)
* 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
* Chapman
* , Secret Parting, lines 5-7
To engage in the process of recalling memories.
As an adjective reminiscent
is of, or relating to reminiscence.As a noun reminiscent
is one who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences.As a verb remember is
to recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.reminiscent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis'', with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in ''Frullania spp.
- Some other state of existence, of which we have been previously conscious, and are now reminiscent .
Synonyms
* evocative * redolent * remindful * resonantExternal links
* *remember
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Alternative forms
* remembre (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)citation
citation, passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}
- Since thou dost give me pains, / Let me remember thee what thou hast promis'd, / Which is not yet perform'd me.
- My friends remembered me of home.
- ''But soon, remembering her how brief the whole
- ''Of joy, which its own hours annihilate,
- ''Her set gaze gathered
