reflect vs ruminate

reflect

verb
  • To think seriously; to ponder or consider. 

  • To mirror, or show the image of something. 

  • To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface. 

  • To be mirrored. 

  • To agree with; to closely follow. 

  • To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface. 

  • To give evidence of someone's or something's character etc. 

ruminate

verb
  • To meditate or ponder over; to muse on. 

  • To meditate or reflect. 

  • To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen. 

adj
  • Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw. 

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