Reminiscent vs Retrospect - What's the difference?
reminiscent | retrospect |
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
consideration of past times
* 1853 , , "Villette":
* 1976 , edition, ISBN 0820311286, page 298:
To look or refer back to; to reflect on
* 1804: Alexander Hamilton, Letter to John Adams (Bartlett) - To give a correct idea of the circumstances.., it may be useful to retrospect to an early period.
As nouns the difference between reminiscent and retrospect
is that reminiscent is one who is addicted to indulging, narrating, or recording reminiscences while retrospect is consideration of past times.As an adjective reminiscent
is of, or relating to reminiscence.As a verb retrospect is
to look or refer back to; to reflect on.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
* *retrospect
English
Noun
(en noun)- My mind, calmer and stronger now than last night, made for itself some imperious rules, prohibiting under deadly penalties all weak retrospect of happiness past; commanding a patient journeying through the wilderness of the present...
- Whether, like Colin, in retrospect Willie Lee and Baptist would feel that what has vanished was greater than what was achieved, is not something we can predict.
