Thinking vs Cerebration - What's the difference?
thinking | cerebration |
Gerund of think.
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As nouns the difference between thinking and cerebration
is that thinking is gerund of think while cerebration is the act of cerebrating; thinking, mental activity.As a verb thinking
is present participle of lang=en.thinking
English
Noun
(en-noun)The machine of a new soul, passage= But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking —and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.}}
Derived terms
* critical thinking * thinking man * wishful thinkingVerb
(head)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=He was thinking ; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
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*cerebration
English
Noun
- Dr Carpenter first, unless I am mistaken, introduced the term ‘unconscious cerebration ’, which has since then been a popular phrase of explanation.