Difference between Reflective and Thoughtful

REFLECTIVE vs THOUGHTFUL: ADJECTIVE

Characterized by or given to serious thinking or contemplation; thoughtful. : pensive.
Capable of or producing reflection.
Of, relating to, produced by, or resulting from reflection.
Persistently or morbidly thoughtful
Devoted to matters of the mind
Thinking back on the past.
Throwing back images.
Addicted to introspective or meditative habits.
Reflexive; reciprocal.
Something which reflects, or redirects back to the source.
Deeply or seriously thoughtful
Capable of physically reflecting light or sound

Having intellectual depth
Exhibiting or characterized by careful thought
Acting with or showing thought and good sense
Showing consideration and anticipation of needs
Taking heed; giving close and thoughtful attention
Given to careful thought; reflective.
Engrossed in thought.
Having or showing heed for the well-being or happiness of others and a propensity for anticipating their needs or wishes.
Full of thought; employed in meditation; contemplative.
Attentive; careful; exercising the judgment; having the mind directed to an object.
Anxious; solicitous; concerned.
Demonstrating thought or careful consideration.
Demonstrating kindness or consideration for others.
Considerate of the feelings or well-being of others

In grammar, reflexive.
Devoted to reflection; containing reflections.
Having a tendency to or characterized by reflection.
Taking cognizance of the operations of the mind; exercising thought or reflection; capable of exercising thought or judgment.
Throwing back rays or images; giving reflections; reflecting.
Produced by reflection.

Occupied with thought; engaged in or disposed to reflection; contemplative; meditative.
Characterized by or manifesting thought; pertaining to thought; concerned with or dedicated to thought.
Mindful, as to something specified; heedful; careful: followed by of or an infinitive.
Showing regard or consideration for others; benevolent; considerate; kindly.
Full of care; anxious; troubled.
Synonyms Reflective, pensive, studious.
Considerate, regardful.
Taking heed

Reflects, Reflect, Intellectual, Broody, Pondering, Musing, Specular, Brooding, Meditative, Pensive, Ruminative, Thoughtful, Contemplative, Mirrorlike, Reflecting

Thinking, Serious, Meditative, Kind, Deliberate, Reflective, Pensive, Ruminative, Profound, Deliberative, Attentive, Reasoned, Contemplative, Sensible, Considerate

Illuminating, Reflect, Intellectual, Broody, Pondering, Musing, Specular, Brooding, Meditative, Pensive, Ruminative, Thoughtful, Contemplative, Mirrorlike, Reflecting

Heedful, Serious, Meditative, Kind, Deliberate, Reflective, Pensive, Ruminative, Profound, Deliberative, Attentive, Reasoned, Contemplative, Sensible, Considerate

Great looking cards with heavy reflective silver foil.
Demonstrates reflective practice in written or verbal form.
Gain an experiential understanding of Reflective Structured Dialogue.
Reflective reports: In addition to the assessed reports, three reflective reports are completed.
Researchers read transcripts, wrote reflective notes and engaged in reflective dialogues about each interview and the whole material.
Engage in faceface interactions and obtain reflective feedback so that they can develop the skills to do reflective supervision with other professionals.
Street names shall be displayed using reflective white letters on a reflective green background.
Reflective Practice post outlines the Gibbs Reflective Cycle, and how to write reflectively.
Perform transmission, reflective and aging studies on renewable reflective films.
Presentation Reflective Reading, Reflective Responding Reflection and the Writing Course Reflection and Assessment Literacy and the Curriculum Reflective Texts, Reflective Writers.