Sensation vs Passion - What's the difference?
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A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
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A widespread reaction of interest or excitement.
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Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or hate.
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Fervor, determination.
An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.
sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional
The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
A play, musical composition or display meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
(obsolete) Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.
* Wyclif Bible (Rom. viii. 18)
(obsolete) The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition; opposed to action .
* John Locke
(obsolete) Capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
* Francis Bacon
(obsolete) An innate quality, property, or attribute of a thing.
(obsolete) Disorder of the mind; madness.
(obsolete) To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
* Shakespeare
To give a passionate character to.
As nouns the difference between sensation and passion
is that sensation is (widespread reaction of interest or excitement) while passion is (fervor) passion.sensation
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Noun
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Hyponyms
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English
Noun
- We share a passion for books.
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- It started as a hobby, but now my motorbike collection has become my passion .
- We shared a night of passion .
- a cardiac passion
- the passions of this time
- A body at rest affords us no idea of any active power to move, and, when set is motion, it is rather a passion than an action in it.
- mouldable and not mouldable, scissible and not scissible, and many other passions of matter
- to obtain the knowledge of some passion of the circle. (rfex)
- (Shakespeare)
Synonyms
* ardor, fire in the belly, zealDerived terms
* passionflower * passion fruit, passionfruit * Passion Sunday * pash * passion popVerb
(en verb)- Dumbly she passions , frantically she doteth.
- (Keats)