different between deliberation vs rumination

English

Etymology

From Old French deliberation, from Latin deliberatioMorphologically deliberate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??l?b???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: de?lib?er?a?tion

Noun

deliberation (countable and uncountable, plural deliberations)

1. The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.
   • 1863, Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist, 72

     The oftener the measure is brought under examination, the greater the diversity in the situations of those who are to examine it, the less must be the danger of those errors which flow from want of due deliberation, or of those missteps which proceed from the contagion of some common passion or interest.

2. Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure

Derived terms

• deliberational
• predeliberation

Translations

Middle French

Noun

deliberation f (plural deliberations)

1. deliberation; contemplation

Descendants

• French: délibération

English

Etymology

From Latin r?min?tio (“chewing the cud”); see ruminate.

Noun

rumination (countable and uncountable, plural ruminations)

1. The act of ruminating; i.e. chewing cud.
2. (figuratively) Deep thought or consideration.
3. (psychology) Negative cyclic thinking; persistent and recurrent worrying or brooding.
4. (pathology) An eating disorder characterized by repetitive regurgitation of small amounts of food from the stomach.

Related terms

• rumen
• ruminant
• ruminate
• ruminator

Translations

Further reading

• rumination in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• rumination in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• rumination at OneLook Dictionary Search

French

Etymology

From Latin r?min?tio (“chewing the cud”); see ruminer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?y.mi.na.sj??/

Noun

rumination f (plural ruminations)

1. rumination (act of ruminating)

Further reading

• “rumination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).