Consciousness vs Deliquium - What's the difference?
consciousness | deliquium |
The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.
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, title= (chemistry) Liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.
(pathology) An abrupt loss of consciousness usually caused by an insufficient blood flow to the brain; fainting.
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*:If he be locked in a close room, he is afraid of being stifled for want of air, and still carries biscuit, aquavitæ, or some strong waters about him, for fear of deliquiums , or being sick […].
(literary, figuratively) A languid, maudlin mood.
(rare) An abrupt absence of sunlight, e.g. caused by an eclipse.
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As nouns the difference between consciousness and deliquium
is that consciousness is the state of being conscious or aware; awareness while deliquium is (chemistry) liquefaction through absorption of moisture from the air.consciousness
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 .}}
