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Somatic vs Psychological - What's the difference?

somatic | psychological |

As adjectives the difference between somatic and psychological

is that somatic is part of, or relating to the body of an organism while psychological is of or pertaining to psychology.

somatic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.
  • Of or relating to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal.
  • the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo

    psychological

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to psychology.
  • I'm concerned about their psychological well-being.
    The film was a dark psychological thriller.
  • Without an objective, or reasonably logical foundation.
  • Prices seem to have stopped rising, having hit the psychological ceiling of just under 100 dollars.

    Derived terms

    * psychological warfare * psychologically * psychomological