different between reminisce vs remindful

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?

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.