What is the difference between awareness and consciousness?
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The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
The state or quality of being aware of something
The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
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Consciousness is a synonym of awareness.
As nouns the difference between awareness and consciousness
is that awareness is the state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer while consciousness is the state of being conscious or aware; awareness.awareness
English
Noun
(wikipedia awareness) (en-noun)- I gradually passed from sleep to full awareness .
- ''The awareness of one type of idea naturally fosters an awareness of another idea
Synonyms
* (state of consciousness) consciousness, wakefulness * (state of being aware of something) knowledge, consciousnessconsciousness
English
Noun
(wikipedia consciousness)The machine of a new soul, passage=Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness .}}