Flashback vs. Yesterday — What's the Difference?

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

On the day before today

The episode or scene depicted by means of this device.

The day before today

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

The day before the present day.

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

Also yesterdays Time in the past, especially the recent past.

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

On the day before the present day.

An experience that has characteristics of an earlier experience.

A short while ago.

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

The day immediately before today; one day ago.

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

(figuratively) The past, often in terms of being outdated.

A similar recurrence of the effects of a hallucinogenic drug.

On the day before today.

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

(informal) As soon as possible.

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

The day last past; the day next before the present.

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

Fig.: A recent time; time not long past.

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

On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday.

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.

The day immediately before today;

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

The recent past;

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

On the day preceding today;

In the recent past; only a short time ago;