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Sensation vs Sentiency - What's the difference?

sensation | sentiency |

As nouns the difference between sensation and sentiency

is that sensation is a physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed while sentiency is the property of having sensation; sentience.

sensation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=2 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. […]”}}
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    Related terms

    * sensational * sense * sensible * sensitive * sensory * sensual

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    sentiency

    English

    Noun

    (sentiencies)
  • The property of having sensation; sentience.
  • * Earle
    • An example of harmonious action between the intelligence and the sentiency of the mind.