Sense vs Nonsense - What's the difference?
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(senseid) Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (William Shakespeare)
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Milton)
(senseid)Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) Sir (Philip Sidney)
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Milton)
(senseid)Sound practical or moral judgment.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (w, L'Estrange)
(senseid)The meaning, reason, or value of something.
* Bible, Neh. viii. 8
* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Shakespeare)
(senseid)A natural appreciation or ability.
(senseid)(pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
(senseid)(semantics) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
(mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity.
(mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
(senseid) referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
To use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel.
To instinctively be aware.
To comprehend.
Letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning.
An untrue statement.
Something foolish.
* 2008 , "Nick Leeson has some lessons for this collapse", Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 9, 2008
(literature) A type of poetry that contains strange or surreal ideas, as, for example, that written by .
(biology) A damaged DNA sequence whose products are not biologically active, that is, that does nothing.
To make nonsense of
* Bernard Shaw, "The Red Robe", in James Huneker ed., Dramatic Opinions and Essays by G. Bernard Shaw , volume II, page 73:
To attempt to dismiss as nonsense.
* 1997 , "Rockies respond to whip", Denver Post , Jun 3, 1997:
* 2000 , Leon Garfield, Jason Cockcroft, Jack Holborn , page 131:
* 2006 , Sierra Leone: Petroleum Unit Calls for Auditing , AllAfrica.com, Mar 17, 2006:
To joke around, to waste time
* 1963 , C. F. Griffin, The Impermanence of Heroes , page 170:
Resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).
As nouns the difference between sense and nonsense
is that sense is (manner to perceive) Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste while nonsense is letters or words, in writing or speech, that have no meaning or seem to have no meaning.As verbs the difference between sense and nonsense
is that sense is to use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel while nonsense is to make nonsense of.As an adjective nonsense is
resulting from the substitution of a nucleotide in a sense codon, causing it to become a stop codon (not coding for an amino-acid).sense
English
Noun
(en noun)- Let fancy still my sense in Lethe steep.
- What surmounts the reach / Of human sense I shall delineate.
- a sense of security
- this Basilius, having the quick sense of a lover
- high disdain from sense of injured merit
- It's common sense not to put metal objects in a microwave oven.
- Some are so hardened in wickedness as to have no sense of the most friendly offices.
- You don’t make any sense .
- the true sense of words or phrases
- So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense .
- I think 'twas in another sense .
- A keen musical sense
Hyponyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* sense of smell (see olfaction) * (l)See also
* business sense * common sense * sixth sense * sight / vision * hearing / audition * taste / gustation * smell / olfaction * touch / tactition * thermoception * nociception * equilibrioception * proprioceptionVerb
(sens)- She immediately sensed her disdain.
Statistics
*Anagrams
* ----nonsense
English
Alternative forms
* nonsence (archaic)Noun
(wikipedia nonsense) (en-noun)- After my father had a stroke, every time he tried to talk, it sounded like nonsense .
- He says that I stole his computer, but that's just nonsense .
- and central banks lend vast sums against marshmallow backed securities, or other nonsenses creative bankers dreamed up.
Synonyms
: See * (something that lacks meaning or absurd statement) ** (mostly colloquialisms or slang) balderdash, baloney, bull, bulldust, bunk, codswallop, drivel, gibberish, hogwash, hooey (US), horse hockey, malarkey, manure, poppycock, prattle, rhubarb (chiefly British), rubbish, twaddle ** (vulgar slang) bollocks (British), bullshit, crap, horseshit (US)Derived terms
* nonsensical * nonsensification * nonsensifySee also
* (biology) missenseVerb
(nonsens)- At the Haymarket all this is nonsensed by an endeavor to steer between Mr. Stanley Weyman's rights as author of the story and the prescriptive right of the leading actor to fight popularly and heroically against heavy odds.
- "They haven't nonsensed these workouts. They've taken them and used them very well. I didn't know how they'd respond, but they've responded."
- Very commanding: very much 'end of this nonsensing' . Mister Fared spread his hands and shook his thin head imperceptibly, as if to say he understood
- He further nonsensed press suggestions that the Petroleum Unit was set up to assist in the administration of sporting activities.
- When he meant "go and get one" he said to go and get one, with no nonsensing around about "liking" to get one.