Reflective vs. Reflexive: What's the Difference?

Of, relating to, produced by, or resulting from reflection.

Directed back on itself.

Capable of or producing reflection

Of, relating to, or being a verb having an identical subject and direct object, as dressed in the sentence She dressed herself.

Characterized by or given to serious thinking or contemplation; thoughtful.

Of, relating to, or being the pronoun used as the direct object of a reflexive verb, as herself in She dressed herself.

That reflects, or redirects back to the source.

Of or relating to a reflex.

Pondering, especially thinking back on the past.

Elicited automatically; spontaneous

That reveals or shows; revealing; indicative of.

A reflexive verb or pronoun. See Usage Note at myself.

Involving reflection.

(grammar) Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.

(grammar) Reciprocal.

(mathematics) Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRx for all members x of S (that is, the relation holds between any element of the set and itself).

Throwing back images; as, a reflective mirror.

Of or resulting from a reflex.

Capable of exercising thought or judgment; as, reflective reason.

(figurative) Producing immediate response, spontaneous.

Addicted to introspective or meditative habits; as, a reflective person.

Synonym of reflective

Reflexive; reciprocal.

(grammar) A reflexive pronoun.

Persistently or morbidly thoughtful

(grammar) A reflexive verb.

Capable of physically reflecting light or sound;

Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past.

Devoted to matters of the mind;

Implying censure.

Having for its direct object a pronoun which refers to the agent or subject as its antecedent; - said of certain verbs; as, the witness perjured himself; I bethought myself. Applied also to pronouns of this class; reciprocal; reflective.

A personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent

Without volition or conscious control;

Referring back to itself