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Reprimand vs Reflection - What's the difference?

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Reprimand is a related term of reflection.


As nouns the difference between reprimand and reflection

is that reprimand is a severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public while reflection is the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.

As a verb reprimand

is to reprove in a formal or official way.

reprimand

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
  • * Macaulay
  • Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To reprove in a formal or official way.
  • * 1983 . Rosen, Stanley. Plato’s Sophist: The Drama of Original & Image. South Bend, Indiana, USA: St. Augustine’s Press. p. 62.
  • He is struck by Antinous, who is in turn reprimanded by one of the “proud young men” courting Penelope:

    Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * admonish * admonition * rebuke * reprehend * reprehension * reproof * reproval * reprove

    reflection

    English

    Alternative forms

    * reflexion

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
  • The property of a propagated wave being thrown back from a surface (such as a mirror).
  • Something, such as an image, that is reflected.
  • (senseid) Careful thought or consideration.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
  • , passage=But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections .}}
  • An implied criticism.
  • (label) The process or mechanism of determining the capabilities of an object at run-time.
  • Derived terms

    * reflectional * reflectionless * self-reflection

    See also

    * refraction * diffraction