reflection vs meditation

meditation vs reflection

reflection and meditation both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

reflection (noun)	meditation (noun)
the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)	continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature
the ability to reflect beams or rays	(religion) contemplation of spiritual matters (usually on religious or philosophical subjects)
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 meditation

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