Reflecting
Part of speech: noun
Definition: action of the verb to reflect
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: that reflects that utilizes reflection
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
Example sentence: Politicians always think they know what people feel. It's a fallacy, because there is no such thing as 'the people.' It is a discursive device for summoning the people that you want. You're constructing the people, you're not reflecting the people.
Reflective
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Something which reflects, or redirects back to the source.Thinking back on the past.
Example sentence: My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective.