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Since vs. Sense

Since and Sense are two words with totally different meanings. They have similar sort of pronunciation due to which many people get confused and often mix up these words. Most of the time children from the high school and even teenagers and adults of colleges habitually mix up these words. Since is the English language grammatical word that is used for demonstrating the time. We can say that since is used to show from how long or from a particular time to the other. Since in a nutshell is used as an adverb of time. On the other hand, Sense is the term that refers towards the perception ability to live organisms. As humans have five basic senses that are taste, touch, smell, sight and hear.

Key Differences

Since is used as an adverb of time.
Since is the English language grammatical term that is used to demonstrate the range of time.
Humans have five basic senses that are touch, taste, smell, sight and hear.
Aimie Carlson
Jun 17, 2017
Sense is the term that refers to the perception ability of organisms.
Sense is used as a noun or verb sometimes.
Harlon Moss
Jun 17, 2017
Since is also used as conjunction and preposition.
Aimie Carlson
Jun 17, 2017
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The word Sense was originated in 1350-1400.
Janet White
Jun 17, 2017
The term since was originated in between 1400-1450.
Samantha Walker
Jun 17, 2017

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Definition

Since is the grammatical term in the English language that is used to demonstrate the time. It is an adverb of time.
Sense is the term which refers towards the data perception ability to live organisms. It refers towards the five senses in humans.

Meaning

From how long, starting from then to now, because of, etc.
Ability to perceive, judgment, distinguish, recognize, etc.

Used As

Adverb, Conjunction, and even preposition.
Noun and Verb.
Aimie Carlson
Jun 17, 2017
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Synonyms

While, from, as, Meanwhile, later, then, From the time when subsequently, etc.
Sensation, judiciousness, Wisdom, Intelligence, Perception, Feel, etc.
Samantha Walker
Jun 17, 2017

Antonyms

Awaiting, Until, Earlier, previously, before, etc.
Overlook, be unconscious, unaware, naive, heedless, etc.
Samantha Walker
Jun 17, 2017

Since and Sense Definitions

Since

From then until now or between then and now
They left town and haven't been here since.

Sense

Any of the faculties by which stimuli from outside or inside the body are received and felt, as the faculties of hearing, sight, smell, touch, taste, and equilibrium.

Since

Before now; ago
A name long since forgotten.

Sense

A perception or feeling produced by a stimulus; sensation
A sense of fatigue and hunger.
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Since

After some point in the past; at a subsequent time
My friend has since married and moved to California.

Sense

Senses The faculties of sensation as means of providing physical gratification and pleasure.

Since

Continuously from
They have been friends since childhood.

Sense

An intuitive or acquired perception or ability to estimate
A sense of diplomatic timing.

Since

Intermittently from
She's been skiing since childhood.

Sense

A capacity to appreciate or understand
A keen sense of humor.

Since

During the period subsequent to the time when
He hasn't been home since he graduated.

Sense

A vague feeling or presentiment
A sense of impending doom.

Since

Continuously from the time when
They have been friends ever since they were in grade school.

Sense

Recognition or perception either through the senses or through the intellect; consciousness
Has no sense of shame.

Since

Inasmuch as; because
Since you're not interested, I won't tell you about it.

Sense

Natural understanding or intelligence, especially in practical matters
The boy had sense and knew just what to do when he got lost.

Since

From a specified time in the past.
I met him last year, but haven't seen him since.
A short/long time since

Sense

Often senses The normal ability to think or reason soundly
Have you taken leave of your senses?.

Since

From: referring to a period of time ending in the present and defining it by the point in time at which it started, or the period in which its starting point occurred.

Sense

Something sound or reasonable
There's no sense in waiting three hours.

Since

Continuously during that period of time.
I have known her since last year.

Sense

A meaning that is conveyed, as in speech or writing; signification
The sense of the criticism is that the proposal has certain risks.

Since

At certain points during that period of time.

Sense

One of the meanings of a word or phrase
The word set has many senses.

Since

From the time that.
I have loved you since I first met you.

Sense

Judgment; consensus
Sounding out the sense of the electorate on capital punishment.

Since

Because.
Since you didn't call, we left without you.

Sense

Intellectual interpretation, as of the significance of an event or the conclusions reached by a group
I came away from the meeting with the sense that we had resolved all outstanding issues.

Since

(obsolete) When or that.

Sense

To become aware of; perceive
Organisms able to sense their surroundings.

Since

From a definite past time until now; as, he went a month ago, and I have not seen him since.
We since become the slaves to one man's lust.

Sense

To grasp; understand
Sensed that the financial situation would improve.

Since

In the time past, counting backward from the present; before this or now; ago.
How many ages since has Virgil writ?
About two years since, it so fell out, that he was brought to a great lady's house.

Sense

To detect automatically
Sense radioactivity.

Since

When or that.
Do you remember since we lay all night in the windmill in St. George's field?

Sense

(Genetics) Of or relating to the portion of the strand of double-stranded DNA that serves as a template for and is transcribed into RNA.

Since

From the time of; in or during the time subsequent to; subsequently to; after; - usually with a past event or time for the object.
The Lord hath blessed thee, since my coming.
I have a model by which he build a nobler poem than any extant since the ancients.

Sense

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

Since

Seeing that; because; considering; - formerly followed by that.
Since that my penitence comes after all,Imploring pardon.
Since truth and constancy are vain,Since neither love, nor sense of pain,Nor force of reason, can persuade,Then let example be obeyed.

Sense

Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
A sense of security

Sense

Sound practical or moral judgment.
It's common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven.

Sense

The meaning, reason, or value of something.
You don’t make any sense.

Sense

Any particular meaning of a word, among its various meanings.
Word sense disambiguation
The true sense of words or phrases

Sense

A natural appreciation or ability.
A keen musical sense

Sense

(pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.

Sense

(semantics) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
The word set has various senses.

Sense

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

Sense

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

Sense

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

Sense

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

Sense

To instinctively be aware.
She immediately sensed her disdain.

Sense

To comprehend.

Sense

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense, under Temperature.
Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep.
What surmounts the reachOf human sense I shall delineate.
The traitor Sense recallsThe soaring soul from rest.

Sense

Perception by the sensory organs of the body; sensation; sensibility; feeling.
In a living creature, though never so great, the sense and the affects of any one part of the body instantly make a transcursion through the whole.

Sense

Perception through the intellect; apprehension; recognition; understanding; discernment; appreciation.
This Basilius, having the quick sense of a lover.
High disdain from sense of injured merit.

Sense

Sound perception and reasoning; correct judgment; good mental capacity; understanding; also, that which is sound, true, or reasonable; rational meaning.
He raves; his words are looseAs heaps of sand, and scattering wide from sense.

Sense

That which is felt or is held as a sentiment, view, or opinion; judgment; notion; opinion.
I speak my private but impartial senseWith freedom.
The municipal council of the city had ceased to speak the sense of the citizens.

Sense

Meaning; import; signification; as, the true sense of words or phrases; the sense of a remark.
So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense.
I think 't was in another sense.

Sense

Moral perception or appreciation.
Some are so hardened in wickedness as to have no sense of the most friendly offices.

Sense

One of two opposite directions in which a line, surface, or volume, may be supposed to be described by the motion of a point, line, or surface.

Sense

To perceive by the senses; to recognize.
Is he sure that objects are not otherwise sensed by others than they are by him?

Sense

A general conscious awareness;
A sense of security
A sense of happiness
A sense of danger
A sense of self

Sense

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 word
In the best sense charity is really a duty
The signifier is linked to the signified

Sense

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

Sense

Sound practical judgment;
I can't see the sense in doing it now
He hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples
Fortunately she had the good sense to run away

Sense

A natural appreciation or ability;
A keen musical sense
A good sense of timing

Sense

Perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles;
He felt the wind
She felt an object brushing her arm
He felt his flesh crawl
She felt the heat when she got out of the car

Sense

Detect some circumstance or entity automatically;
This robot can sense the presence of people in the room
Particle detectors sense ionization

Sense

Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively;
I sense his hostility

Sense

Comprehend;
I sensed the real meaning of his letter

What is Since?

Since is the grammatical English language word that is used for demonstrating the period. Since is used as an adverb of time. It is also used as preposition and conjunction. The word since was initially originated from the Latin and later on transferred to the English language. It is thought to be originated in between 1400-1450. Since is the term used to depict and demonstrate the time range from then to now etc. For example, a person waits for his wife at the bus stop from morning till evening. And in the evening when he met his wife he said: “I was waiting for you at the bus stop since morning.” Since is used as an adverb of time. It is used to join two different sentences for giving them the meaning.

What is Sense?

Sense is the term that is used for perception ability of living organisms. Sense refers to the human’s five senses that include touch, sight, taste, hear and smell. The word sense was originated in between 1350-1400. It was first introduced in Old French language as “sens.” Later on after passing through various stages of modification it becomes sense. It is mostly used as a noun, but at times it can also be used as a verb too. The word sense and since does not have any connection in between at all the only resemblance between these two words is just because of their similar sound and pronunciation.

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