rumination

As nouns the difference between reminiscence and rumination

is that reminiscence is reminiscence (act of remembering long-past experiences) while rumination is the act of ruminating; ie chewing cud and other ruminants.

As nouns the difference between brood and rumination

is that brood is the young of certain animals, especially a group of young birds or fowl hatched at one time by the same mother while rumination is the act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud and other ruminants.

As a verb brood

is to keep an egg warm to make it hatch.

As nouns the difference between muse and rumination

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

As nouns the difference between ocd and rumination

is that ocd is (medicine|psychology) while rumination is the act of ruminating; ie chewing cud and other ruminants.

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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As nouns the difference between worry and rumination

is that worry is a strong feeling of anxiety while rumination is the act of ruminating; ie chewing cud and other ruminants.

As a verb worry

is to seize or shake by the throat, especially of a dog or wolf.

As a noun rumination

is the act of ruminating; ie chewing cud and other ruminants.

As a verb ponder is

to wonder, to think of deeply.

As nouns the difference between caecotrophy and rumination

is that caecotrophy is in certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus while rumination is the act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud and other ruminants.

As nouns the difference between rumination and preoccupation

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

Rumination is a related term of reverie.

As nouns the difference between rumination and reverie

is that rumination is the act of ruminating; ie chewing cud and other ruminants while reverie is daydream, reverie.