meditation vs reflection

meditation and reflection both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
meditation	Yes	No	No	No
reflection	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, reflection is a hypernym of meditation; that is, reflection is a word with a broader meaning than meditation:

meditation: continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
reflection: a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

Other hypernyms of meditation include contemplation, musing, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness.

As nouns, reflection is a hypernym of meditation; that is, reflection is a word with a broader meaning than meditation:

meditation: (religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)
reflection: a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

Other hypernyms of meditation include contemplation, musing, reflexion, rumination, thoughtfulness.

meditation (noun)	reflection (noun)
continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature	the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)
(religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)	the ability to reflect beams or rays
	a likeness in which left and right are reversed
	a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
	a remark expressing careful consideration
	expression without words
	the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface
	(mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed