Sensitive vs Alert - What's the difference?
sensitive | alert |
Having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.
*, III.1.2.i:
Responsive to stimuli.
Of a person, easily offended, upset or hurt.
Of an issue, capable of offending, upsetting or hurting.
Accurate (instrument).
One with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive.
* 2003 , Frederic W.H. Myers, Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death Part 2
Attentive; awake; on guard.
(obsolete) Brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
* Addison
Alert is a synonym of sensitive.
As adjectives the difference between sensitive and alert
is that sensitive is having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses while alert is attentive; awake; on guard.As nouns the difference between sensitive and alert
is that sensitive is one with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive while alert is an alarm.As a verb alert is
to give warning to.As a proper noun Alert is
the northernmost inhabited place in Nunavut, Canada.sensitive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The sensitive faculty most part overrules reason, the soul is carried hoodwinked, and the understanding captive like a beast.
- Max is very sensitive ; he cried today because of the bad news.
- Religion is often a sensitive topic of discussion and should be avoided when dealing with foreign business associates.
Derived terms
* sensitively * sensitiveness * sensitivitySynonyms
* tender * nesh * precise * compassionate * caring * awareAntonyms
* insensitive * stoic * uncaring * resistantNoun
(en noun)- Swedenborg was one of the leading savants of Europe; it would be absurd to place any of our sensitives on the same intellectual level.
alert
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an alert young fellow
