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Perceive vs Visual - What's the difference?

perceive | visual |

As a verb perceive

is to see, to be aware of, to understand.

As an adjective visual is

related to or affecting the vision.

As a noun visual is

any element of something that depends on sight.

perceive

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Verb

  • To see, to be aware of, to understand.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
  • , author=Colin Allen , title=Do I See What You See? , volume=100, issue=2, page=168 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.}}

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    References

    *

    visual

    English

    Alternative forms

    * visuall (qualifier)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Related to or affecting the vision.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= William E. Conner
  • , title= An Acoustic Arms Race , volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close
  • (obsolete) That can be seen; visible.
  • Derived terms

    * visual poem * visualization * visualize * visually

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any element of something that depends on sight.
  • An image; a picture; a graphic.
  • (in the plural) All the visual elements of a multi-media presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.
  • (advertising) A preliminary sketch.