different between reminiscence vs thinking

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.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????k??/
• Hyphenation: think?ing
• Rhymes: -??k??
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle English thinking, thynkynge, thenkyng, equivalent to think +? -ing.

Noun

thinking (usually uncountable, plural thinkings)

1. Thought; gerund of think.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• quick-thinking
• thinking cap
• thinking man

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English thenkinge, þinkynge, þenkynge, þenchinde, from Old English þen?ende, from Proto-Germanic *þankijandz, present participle of *þankijan? (“to think”), equivalent to think +? -ing. Cognate with Dutch denkend (“thinking”), German denkend (“thinking”), Swedish tänkande (“thinking”).

Verb

thinking

1. present participle of think