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Rumination vs Pondering - What's the difference?

rumination | pondering |

As nouns the difference between rumination and pondering

is that rumination is the act of ruminating; ie chewing cud and other ruminants while pondering is ruminations.

As a verb pondering is

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rumination

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud and other ruminants.
  • (figuratively) Deep thought or consideration.
  • (psychology) Negative cyclic thinking; persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding.
  • (pathology) An eating disorder characterized by repetitive regurgitation of small amounts of food from the stomach.

    • Related terms

    * rumen * ruminant * ruminate * ruminator

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    pondering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Ruminations.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 18, author=Jim Coyle, title=Spoofing of premier a bad omen, work=Toronto Star citation
    • , passage=Alas, it looked yesterday, when the Legislature returned to business, as if Premier Dalton McGuinty's peculiar maunderings and ponderings of the past several weeks risk making him just that.}}