Instinct vs Feel - What's the difference?
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A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour.
* Shakespeare
* {{quote-book
, year=1921
, title=
, author=Bertrand Russell
, passage=In spite of these qualifications, the broad distinction between instinct and habit is undeniable. To take extreme cases, every animal at birth can take food by instinct, before it has had opportunity to learn; on the other hand, no one can ride a bicycle by instinct, though, after learning, the necessary movements become just as automatic as if they were instinctive.}}
An intuitive reaction not based on rational conscious thought.
(archaic) Imbued, charged ((with) something).
* Milton
* Brougham
* 1928 , (HP Lovecraft), ‘The Call of Cthulhu’:
(lb) To use the sense of touch.
# To become aware of through the skin; to use the sense of touch on.
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#(lb) To find one's way (literally or figuratively) by touching or using cautious movements.
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#(lb) To receive information by touch or by any neurons other than those responsible for sight, smell, taste, or hearing.
#(lb) To search by sense of touch.
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(lb) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
#(lb) To experience an emotion or other mental state about.
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#*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
#*:Teach me to feel another's woe.
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#*:Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
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, title= #(lb) To think, believe, or have an impression concerning.
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#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
#*:Garlandswhich I feel / I am not worthy yet to wear.
#*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=19 # To experience an emotion or other mental state.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.}}
#(lb) To sympathise; to have the sensibilities moved or affected.
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#*(Edmund Burke) (1729-1797)
#*:[She] feels with the dignity of a Roman matron.
#*(Alexander Pope) (1688-1744)
#*:who feel for all mankind
(lb) To be or become aware of.
(lb) To experience the consequences of.
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(lb) To seem (through touch or otherwise).
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To understand.
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A quality of an object experienced by touch.
A vague mental impression.
An act of fondling.
A vague understanding
An intuitive ability
Alternative form of feeling
As nouns the difference between instinct and feel
is that instinct is a natural or inherent impulse or behaviour while feel is a quality of an object experienced by touch.As adjectives the difference between instinct and feel
is that instinct is (archaic) imbued, charged ((with) something) while feel is .As a verb feel is
(lb) to use the sense of touch .As a pronoun feel is
.As an adverb feel is
.instinct
English
(wikipedia instinct)Noun
- Many animals fear fire by instinct .
- By a divine instinct , men's minds mistrust / Ensuing dangers.
- an instinct''' for order; to be modest by '''instinct
- Debbie's instinct was to distrust John.
Derived terms
* instinctively * instinctiveAdjective
(en adjective)- The chariot of paternal deity / Itself instinct with spirit, but convoyed / By four cherubic shapes.
- a noble performance, instinct with sound principle
- This thing, which seemed instinct with a fearsome and unnatural malignancy, was of a somewhat bloated corpulence, and squatted evilly on a rectangular block or pedestal covered with undecipherable characters.
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* * ----feel
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) felen, from (etyl) .Verb
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Usage notes
* Most prescriptive grammarians prefer "I feel bad" to "I feel badly", but "I feel badly" is widely used in US English. * (term) is sometimes used after (feel) in its copulative sense where one might expect an adjective, ie, (bad). * Some users use (badly) when referring to an emotional state, and (bad) when referring to a more physical or medical state. * Adjectives to which "feel" is often applied as a copula: free, cold, cool, warm, hot, young, old, good, great, fine, happy, glad, satisfied, excited, bad, depressed, unhappy, sad, blue, sorry, smart, stupid, loved, appreciated, accepted, rejected, lonely, isolated, insulted, offended, slighted, cheated, shy, refreshed, tired, exhausted, calm, relaxed, angry, annoyed, frustrated, anxious, worried, jealous, proud, confident, safe, grateful, uncomfortable, unsafe, insecure, desperate, guilty, ashamed, disappointed, dirty, odd, strange, ill, sick.Derived terms
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Noun
(en noun)- Bark has a rough feel .
- You should get a feel of the area before moving in.
- She gave me a quick feel to show that she loves me.
- I'm getting a feel for what you mean.
- She has a feel for music.
- I know that feel.
