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Agnosia vs Blindness - What's the difference?

agnosia | blindness |

As nouns the difference between agnosia and blindness

is that agnosia is the inability to recognize objects by use of the senses while blindness is the condition of being blind; unable to see.

agnosia

English

Noun

(wikipedia agnosia) (en noun)
  • The inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.

    • Derived terms

    * prosopagnosia

    External links

    * (wikipedia "agnosia") English terms with alpha privatives ----

    blindness

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia blindness) (en-noun)
  • The condition of being blind; unable to see.
  • (figuratively) Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness.
  • (obsolete) concealment

    • Synonyms

    * ablepsy (rare) * cecity * sightlessness

    Derived terms

    * colour blindness, color blindness * snow blindness * stereoblindness

    See also

    * anosmia * deafness

    References

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