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Telepathy vs Hypnosis - What's the difference?

telepathy | hypnosis |

As nouns the difference between telepathy and hypnosis

is that telepathy is the capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation while hypnosis is a trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced.

telepathy

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (parapsychology) The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.
  • Derived terms

    * telepathic * telepathically * telepathize

    See also

    * clairvoyance * precognition * telergy * teloteropathy

    hypnosis

    Noun

    (hypnoses)
  • a trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility]], and in which suppressed [[memory, memories may be experienced
  • the art or skill of hypnotism
  • See also

    * somnolism * mesmerism