Sensitive vs Allergy - What's the difference?
sensitive | allergy |
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
(pathology, immunology) A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma.
(pathology) Any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.
Altered susceptibility to a first treatment as exhibited in reaction to a subsequent one.
(informal) An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.
As nouns the difference between sensitive and allergy
is that sensitive is one with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive while allergy is (pathology|immunology) a disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma.As an adjective sensitive
is having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses.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.
allergy
English
(wikipedia allergy)Noun
(allergies)- He has an allergy to reality TV.