reflection vs cogitation

cogitation vs reflection

reflection and cogitation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, cogitation is a hyponym of reflection; that is, cogitation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than reflection:

reflection: a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
cogitation: attentive consideration and meditation

Other hyponyms of reflection include study, meditation, speculation, meditation, introspection, self-contemplation, self-examination, retrospect, extrospection.

reflection (noun)	cogitation (noun)
the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)	attentive consideration and meditation
the ability to reflect beams or rays	a carefully considered thought about something
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

Difference between reflection and cogitation

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