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Awareness vs Unconscious - What's the difference?

awareness | unconscious |

As nouns the difference between awareness and unconscious

is that awareness is the state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer while unconscious is (psychology) the unconscious mind.

As a adjective unconscious is

not awake; having no awareness.

awareness

English

Noun

(wikipedia awareness) (en-noun)
  • The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
  • I gradually passed from sleep to full awareness .
  • The state or quality of being aware of something
  • ''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, consciousness

    unconscious

    English

    (Unconscious mind)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not awake; having no awareness.
  • She lay unconscious on the floor.
  • Without directed thought or awareness.
  • My sudden fright was an unconscious response.
  • (sports) engaged in skilled performance without conscious control.
  • * 1998 , Charles Rosen, The Cockroach Basketball League , page 144
  • Sam is unconscious , filling it, drilling it from every conceivable angle. Lem is awful and Cooper seems confused. Josh shoots too often.
  • * 1999 , Joseph Leininger, Terry Whalin, Lessons from the Pit: A Successful Veteran of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange , page 10
  • "I was unconscious ," the basketball player gushes. "It seemed like everything I threw up toward the basket went straight in."
  • * 2002 , Alexander Wolff, Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure , page 292
  • Someone who has reeled off a string of baskets will say, "I was unconscious," as if he were following the Zen injunction to be mindful while suspending thought.

    Synonyms

    * insentient, oblivious, out of it, out on one's feet, unaware * (skilled performance without conscious control) in the zone, on a roll

    Noun

    (singulare tantum)
  • (psychology) The unconscious mind