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Perception vs Outlook - What's the difference?

perception | outlook |

As nouns the difference between perception and outlook

is that perception is organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information while outlook is a place from which something can be viewed.

As a verb outlook is

to face down; to outstare.

perception

Noun

(en noun)
  • Organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information.
  • Conscious understanding of something.
  • Vision (ability )
  • Acuity
  • (cognition ) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    outlook

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A place from which something can be viewed.
  • Perched on the edge of the cliff was a hidden outlook .
  • The view from such a place.
  • An attitude or point of view.
  • He has a positive outlook on life.
  • Expectation for the future.
  • The outlook for temperature rises is worrying.

    Synonyms

    * (place from which something can be viewed ): * (view from such a place ): * (attitude, point of view ): attitude, opinion, point of view, viewpoint * (expectation for the future ): expectation, prognosis

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To face down; to outstare.
  • * Shakespeare
  • To outlook conquest, and to win renown.
  • To inspect throughly; to select.
  • (Cotton)

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