Perception vs. Interpretation

Perception vs. Interpretation — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Perception and Interpretation

Perceptionnoun

Organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information.

Interpretationnoun

(countable) An act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction.

the interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma.

Perceptionnoun

Conscious understanding of something.

Interpretationnoun

(countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning .

Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.

Perceptionnoun

Vision (ability)

Interpretationnoun

The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).

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Perceptionnoun

Acuity

Interpretationnoun

(uncountable) The power of explaining.

Perceptionnoun

(cognition) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.

Interpretationnoun

(countable) An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.

Perceptionnoun

the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

Interpretationnoun

(countable) An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.

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Perceptionnoun

a way of conceiving something;

Luther had a new perception of the Bible

Interpretationnoun

An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.

Perceptionnoun

the process of perceiving

Interpretationnoun

An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.

Perceptionnoun

knowledge gained by perceiving;

a man admired for the depth of his perception

Interpretationnoun

the practice and discipline of explaining natural and cultural heritage to visitors at museums, historic sites, zoos, aquaria, science centres, art galleries, etc. Also called heritage interpretation, mediation, guiding, etc.

Perceptionnoun

becoming aware of something via the senses

Interpretationnoun

a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

Interpretationnoun

the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance;

her rendition of Milton's verse was extraordinarily moving

Interpretationnoun

an explanation that results from interpreting something;

the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence

Interpretationnoun

an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious;

the edict was subject to many interpretationshe annoyed us with his interpreting of parablesoften imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning