reminiscences vs vestige

reminiscences

vestige

noun
  • A mark left on the earth by a foot. 

  • A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present. 

  • A vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor. 

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