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Retrospective vs Reflection - What's the difference?

retrospective | reflection |

As nouns the difference between retrospective and reflection

is that retrospective is retrospective, montage while reflection is the act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.

As an adjective retrospective

is .

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)

    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