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Sentient vs Tangible - What's the difference?

sentient | tangible |

As adjectives the difference between sentient and tangible

is that sentient is conscious or self-aware while tangible is touchable; able to be touched or felt]]; perceptible by the sense of [[touch#noun|touch; palpable.

As nouns the difference between sentient and tangible

is that sentient is lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain while tangible is real or concrete results.

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

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    tangible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Touchable; able to be touched or felt]]; perceptible by the sense of [[touch#Noun, touch; palpable.
  • Possible to be treated as fact; real or concrete.
  • Comprehensible by the mind; understandable.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Real or concrete results.
    • Yes, but what are the tangibles ?

    See also

    * real * palpable * touch

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