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Sentient vs Sensory - What's the difference?

sentient | sensory |

As adjectives the difference between sentient and sensory

is that sentient is conscious or self-aware while sensory is of the senses or sensation.

As nouns the difference between sentient and sensory

is that sentient is lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain while sensory is sensorium.

sentient

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Conscious or self-aware.
  • Experiencing sensation, thinking, thought, or feeling.
  • Possessing human-like knowledge and intelligence.

    • Antonyms

    * insensate

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
  • (chiefly, science fiction) An intelligent, self-aware being.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1965 , first = Philip José , last = Farmer , authorlink = Philip José Farmer , title = , passage = The merpeople and the sentients who lived on the beach often hitched rides on these creatures, steering them by pressure on exposed nerve centers. }}

    Synonyms

    * See

    References

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    sensory

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of the senses or sensation.

    • Derived terms

    * extrasensory * multisensory * supersensory

    Related terms

    * sensible * sensual * sensuous

    Noun

    (sensories)
  • (biology, dated) sensorium
    • (Webster 1913)

    See also

    * (wikipedia "sensory")