Sense vs. Sensibility

Sense vs. Sensibility — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Sense and Sensibility

Sensenoun

Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.

Sensibilitynoun

The ability to sense, feel or perceive; responsiveness to sensory stimuli; sensitivity.

Sensenoun

Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.

a sense of security

Sensibilitynoun

Emotional or artistic awareness; keen sensitivity to matters of feeling or creative expression.

Sensenoun

Sound practical or moral judgment.

It's common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven.

Sensibilitynoun

Excessive emotional awareness; the fact or quality of being overemotional.

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Sensenoun

The meaning, reason, or value of something.

You don’t make any sense.the true sense of words or phrases

Sensibilitynoun

(in the plural) An acute awareness or feeling.

I apologize if I offended your sensibilities, but that's the truth of the matter.

Sensenoun

A natural appreciation or ability.

A keen musical sense

Sensibilitynoun

(obsolete) The capacity to be perceived by the senses.

Sensenoun

(pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.

Sensibilitynoun

mental responsiveness and awareness

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Sensenoun

(semantics) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.

Sensibilitynoun

refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions;

cruelty offended his sensibility

Sensenoun

(mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.

Sensibilitynoun

(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli;

sensitivity to pain

Sensenoun

(mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.

Sensenoun

(biochemistry) referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.

Senseverb

To use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel.

Senseverb

To instinctively be aware.

She immediately sensed her disdain.

Senseverb

To comprehend.

Sensenoun

a general conscious awareness;

a sense of securitya sense of happinessa sense of dangera sense of self

Sensenoun

the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted;

the dictionary gave several senses for the wordin the best sense charity is really a dutythe signifier is linked to the signified

Sensenoun

the faculty through which the external world is apprehended;

in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing

Sensenoun

sound practical judgment;

I can't see the sense in doing it nowhe hasn't got the sense God gave little green applesfortunately she had the good sense to run away

Sensenoun

a natural appreciation or ability;

a keen musical sensea good sense of timing

Senseverb

perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles;

He felt the windShe felt an object brushing her armHe felt his flesh crawlShe felt the heat when she got out of the car

Senseverb

detect some circumstance or entity automatically;

This robot can sense the presence of people in the roomparticle detectors sense ionization

Senseverb

become aware of not through the senses but instinctively;

I sense his hostility

Senseverb

comprehend;

I sensed the real meaning of his letter