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Emotion vs Psychological - What's the difference?

emotion | psychological |

As a noun emotion

is emotion.

As an adjective psychological is

of or pertaining to psychology.

emotion

English

Noun

(wikipedia emotion) (en noun)
  • A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
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  • A reaction by an non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.

    • Derived terms

    * emotionable * emotional

    Synonyms

    * (sense, person's internal state of being) feeling, affect

    psychological

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to psychology.
    • I'm concerned about their psychological well-being.
    The film was a dark psychological thriller.
  • Without an objective, or reasonably logical foundation.
    • Prices seem to have stopped rising, having hit the psychological ceiling of just under 100 dollars.

    Derived terms

    * psychological warfare * psychologically * psychomological