different between mourning vs reminisce

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m??n??/; (rare) IPA^(key): /?m??n??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??n??/; (rare) IPA^(key): /?m??n??/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?mo(?)?n??/; (rare) IPA^(key): /?m??n??/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /?mo?n??/; (rare) IPA^(key): /?m??n??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n??
• Homophones: morning (accents with the horse–hoarse merger), moaning (accents with the dough–door merger)

Verb

mourning

1. present participle of mourn

Noun

mourning (countable and uncountable, plural mournings)

1. The act of expressing or feeling sorrow or regret; lamentation.
2. Feeling or expressing sorrow over someone's death.
   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chapter 23

     "My greatest wish now," she added, "is to get back to Kansas, for Aunt Em will surely think something dreadful has happened to me, and that will make her put on mourning; and unless the crops are better this year than they were last, I am sure Uncle Henry cannot afford it."
3. The traditional clothes worn by those who mourn (in Western societies, typically coloured black).
   • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 88:

     ‘I'm bored. I can't go out anywhere because it's too soon and I have to wear this disgusting mourning.’

4. Drapes or coverings associated with mourning.

   • The houses to their tops with black were spread, / And ev'n the pavements were with mourning hid.

Derived terms

• national mourning

Translations

English

Etymology

Back-formation from reminiscence, from Latin remin?sc?ns, present participle of remin?scor (“remember”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???m.??n?s/

Verb

reminisce (third-person singular simple present reminisces, present participle reminiscing, simple past and past participle reminisced)

1. (intransitive) To recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically.
2. (intransitive) To talk or write about memories of the past, especially pleasant memories.
3. (transitive, India) To remember fondly; to reminisce about.
   • 2006, Amitava Bhattacharya, Selected Novels of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee (page 34)

     He reminisced the old Parvati who was now this Parvati.

   • 2012, Satish C. Bhatnagar, Epsilons and Deltas of Life: Everyday Stories (volume 1, page 16)

     She fondly reminisced the two years before marriage when Frank served in the US Army.

Related terms

• remember
• reminiscence
• reminiscent
• reminiscential

Translations

Noun

reminisce (plural reminisces)

1. (informal) An act of reminiscence.

Latin

Verb

remin?sce

1. second-person singular present active imperative of remin?sc?