Sensate vs Sensation - What's the difference?
sensate | sensation |
Perceived by one or more of the senses.
Having the ability to sense things physically.
Felt or apprehended through a sense, or the senses.
To feel or apprehend by means of the senses; to perceive.
* R. Hooke
A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
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*:Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.}}
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A widespread reaction of interest or excitement.
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As an adjective sensate
is perceived by one or more of the senses.As a verb sensate
is to feel or apprehend by means of the senses; to perceive.As a noun sensation is
a physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.sensate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- (Baxter)
Verb
(sensat)- to sensate light, or an odour
- As those of the one are sensated by the ear, so those of the other are by the eye.
Anagrams
* ----sensation
English
Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=“Two or three months more went by?; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations , surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”}}