transition vs flashback

flashback vs transition

transition and flashback both are nouns.

transition is a verb but flashback is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
transition	Yes	No	Yes	No
flashback	Yes	No	No	No

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

transition: a passage that connects a topic to one that follows
flashback: a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story

Other hyponyms of transition include flash-forward, dissolve, cut, jump.

transition (noun)	flashback (noun)
the act of passing from one state or place to the next	a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story
a passage that connects a topic to one that follows	an unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)
a musical passage moving from one key to another
an event that results in a transformation
a change from one place or state or subject or stage to another

transition (verb)	flashback (verb)
make or undergo a transition (from one state or system to another)
cause to convert or undergo a transition

Difference between transition and flashback

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