Sensation vs Ovation - What's the difference?
sensation | ovation |
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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Prolonged enthusiastic applause.
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(Ancient Rome ) A victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph.
As nouns the difference between sensation and ovation
is that sensation is (widespread reaction of interest or excitement) while ovation is .sensation
English
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(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. […]”}}