Flashback vs. Analepsis — What's the Difference?

A literary or cinematic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological order of a narrative.

A form of flashback in which earlier parts of a narrative are related to others that have already been narrated

The episode or scene depicted by means of this device.

(medicine) Recovery of strength after sickness.

(Psychiatry) A recurring, intensely vivid mental image of a past traumatic experience

(medicine) A kind of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.

An unexpected recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug long after its original use.

Recovery of strength after sickness.

A vivid memory that arises spontaneously or is provoked by an experience.

An experience that has characteristics of an earlier experience.

(authorship) A dramatic device in which an earlier event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative.

(psychology) A vivid mental image of a past trauma or other sensation that the trauma is happening in the present, especially one that recurs.

A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.

The condition of the flame propagating down the hose of an oxy-fuel welding system.

(databases) A query that operates against data from an earlier time, before it was changed.

(intransitive) To undergo a flashback; to experience a vivid mental image from the past.

A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene; also, the scene thus introduced.

An unusually vivid recollection of a prior experience, often one that is traumatic, such as scenes from combat or a criminal assault, or induced by hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD; when accompanied by hallucinations it is called flashback hallucinosis.

A transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story

An unexpected but vivid recurrence of a past experience (especially a recurrence of the effects of an hallucinogenic drug taken much earlier)