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Sensory vs Perception - What's the difference?

sensory | perception |

As nouns the difference between sensory and perception

is that sensory is (biology|dated) sensorium while perception is organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information.

As an adjective sensory

is of the senses or sensation.

sensory

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of the senses or sensation.
  • Derived terms

    * extrasensory * multisensory * supersensory

    Noun

    (sensories)
  • (biology, dated) sensorium
  • (Webster 1913)

    See also

    * (wikipedia "sensory")

    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)