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Recollection vs Retrospective - What's the difference?

recollection | retrospective |

As nouns the difference between recollection and retrospective

is that recollection is the act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance while retrospective is an exhibition of works from an extended period of an artist's activity.

As an adjective retrospective is

of, relating to, or contemplating the past.

recollection

English

Etymology 1

Via (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance.
  • The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance
  • ''Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore.
  • That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.
  • ''One of his earliest recollections ." - (Thomas Babington Macaulay).
  • (archaic) (also spelled re-collection) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.
  • ''From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection .
    Synonyms
    * reminiscence * remembrance * memory.
    Derived terms
    * recollective

    Etymology 2

    Noun

  • Process of collecting again.
  • (Webster 1913)

    retrospective

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of, relating to, or contemplating the past
  • looking backwards
  • affecting or influencing past things; retroactive
  • Noun

    (wikipedia retrospective) (en noun)
  • an exhibition of works from an extended period of an artist's activity
  • See also

    * (l) – scholarly analog * (l) * (l)