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Penetrating vs Sensitive - What's the difference?

penetrating | sensitive |

As adjectives the difference between penetrating and sensitive

is that penetrating is able to pierce or penetrate while sensitive is having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.

As a verb penetrating

is .

As a noun sensitive is

one with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.

penetrating

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • able to pierce or penetrate
    • The skunk produces a penetrating odor.
  • demonstrating acute or keen understanding
    • His novel shows a penetrating insight into the criminal mind.

    Verb

    (head)

    • sensitive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
  • *, III.1.2.i:
    • The sensitive faculty most part overrules reason, the soul is carried hoodwinked, and the understanding captive like a beast.
  • Responsive to stimuli.
  • Of a person, easily offended, upset or hurt.
    • Max is very sensitive ; he cried today because of the bad news.
  • Of an issue, capable of offending, upsetting or hurting.
    • Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates.
  • Accurate (instrument).

    • Derived terms

    * sensitively * sensitiveness * sensitivity

    Related terms

    * sense

    Synonyms

    * tender * nesh * precise * compassionate * caring * aware

    Antonyms

    * insensitive * stoic * uncaring * resistant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.
  • * 2003 , Frederic W.H. Myers, Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death Part 2
    • Swedenborg was one of the leading savants of Europe; it would be absurd to place any of our sensitives on the same intellectual level.
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