Reflect vs Review - What's the difference?
reflect | review |
To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.
To mirror, or show the image of something.
To be mirrored.
To agree with; to closely follow.
To give evidence of someone's or something's character etc.
*
(senseid) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
* 1985 , , Option Lock , page 229:
A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact.
An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
(legal) A judicial reassessment of a case or an event.
A stage show made up of sketches etc.
A survey of the available items or material.
A periodical which makes a survey of the arts or some other field.
A military inspection or display for the benefit of superiors or VIPs.
A forensic inspection to assess compliance with regulations or some code.
To survey; to look broadly over.
To write a critical evaluation of a new art work etc.; to write a review.
* '>citation
To look back over in order to correct or edit; to revise.
(obsolete) To view or see again; to look back on.
* 1610–11 , (William Shakespeare), '', act IV, scene iv, in ''The Works of Mr. ''William Shake?pear''; in Eight Volumes , volume II (1709),
(obsolete) To retrace; to go over again.
* 1726 , (Alexander Pope) (translator), (Homer) (author), (Odyssey)'', book III, lines 127–128, in ''The Ody??ey of Homer , volume I (1760),
As verbs the difference between reflect and review
is that reflect is to bend back (light, etc.) from a surface while review is to survey; to look broadly over.As a noun review is
a second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact.reflect
English
Verb
(en verb)- A mirror reflects the light that shines on it.
- The moonlight reflected from the surface of water.
- The shop window reflected his image as he walked past.
- His image reflected from the shop window as he walked past.
- Entries in English dictionaries aim to reflect common usage.
- The team's victory reflects the Captain's abilities.
- The teacher's ability reflects well on the school.
- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
- People do that sort of thing every day, without ever stopping to reflect on the consequences.
- Not for the first time, he reflected that it was not so much the speeches that strained the nerves as the palaver that went with them.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* reflective * reflexion * unreflective * nonreflective * reflectorizereview
English
(wikipedia review)Noun
(en noun)- I need to make a review of the book before I can understand it.
- The newspaper review was full of praise for the play.
- The victims demanded a full judical review of the case.
- The Cambridge Footlights Review launched many Monty Python faces.
- The magazine contained a review of Paris restaurants.
- The Times Literary Review is published in London.
- The troops assembled for a review by the Queen.
- The regulators demanded a review against NYSE practices.
Derived terms
* * judicial reviewVerb
(en verb)- Before I tackle the question directly, I must briefly review historical approaches to the problem.
- The critic reviews every new play in London.
page 954:
- Cam''[''illo''] What I do next, ?hall be next to tell the King // Of this E?cape, and whither they are bound: // Wherein my hope is, I ?hall ?o prevail, // To force him after: in who?e company // I ?hall review ''Sicilia ; for who?e ?ight, // I have a Woman’s Longing.
page 113:
- Shall I the long, laborious ?cene review , // And open all the wounds of Greece anew?