different between remindful vs reminiscence

English

Etymology

From remind +? -ful.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???m??ndf(?)l/

Adjective

remindful (comparative more remindful, superlative most remindful)

1. That serves to remind one of something; reminiscent.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 181:

     He dashed downstairs – the speed of his descent causing the heat of the banisters to burn the palm of his hand in a merry way remindful of similar occasions in his boyhood.

English

Etymology

From Late Latin remin?scentiae (“remembrances”), from Latin remin?sc?ns, present active participle of remin?scor (“remember”); see reminiscent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???m.??n?s.?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Noun

reminiscence (countable and uncountable, plural reminiscences)

1. An act of remembering long-past experiences, often fondly.
2. A mental image thus remembered.

Synonyms

• recall
• recollection

Coordinate terms

• flashback - memory of trauma

Related terms

• reminiscent
• reminiscential

Translations

See also

• nostalgia

Further reading

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