reflection vs self-examination

self-examination vs reflection

reflection and self-examination both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
reflection	Yes	No	No	No
self-examination	Yes	No	No	No

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

reflection: a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
self-examination: the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct

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

reflection (noun)	self-examination (noun)
the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)	the contemplation of your own thoughts and desires and conduct
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

Difference between reflection and self-examination

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