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Retraction vs Reflection - What's the difference?

retraction | reflection |

As nouns the difference between retraction and reflection

is that retraction is an act or instance of retracting while reflection is the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.

retraction

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act or instance of retracting.
  • A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.
  • (mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.
  • Anagrams

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    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