Unconscious vs Aware - What's the difference?
unconscious | aware |
Not awake; having no awareness.
Without directed thought or awareness.
(sports) engaged in skilled performance without conscious control.
* 1998 , Charles Rosen, The Cockroach Basketball League , page 144
* 1999 , Joseph Leininger, Terry Whalin, Lessons from the Pit: A Successful Veteran of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange , page 10
* 2002 , Alexander Wolff, Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure , page 292
(psychology) The unconscious mind
Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
Conscious or having knowledge of something.
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As nouns the difference between unconscious and aware
is that unconscious is (psychology) the unconscious mind while aware is avar.As an adjective unconscious
is not awake; having no awareness.unconscious
English
(Unconscious mind)Adjective
(en adjective)- She lay unconscious on the floor.
- My sudden fright was an unconscious response.
- Sam is unconscious , filling it, drilling it from every conceivable angle. Lem is awful and Cooper seems confused. Josh shoots too often.
- "I was unconscious ," the basketball player gushes. "It seemed like everything I threw up toward the basket went straight in."
- Someone who has reeled off a string of baskets will say, "I was unconscious," as if he were following the Zen injunction to be mindful while suspending thought.
Synonyms
* insentient, oblivious, out of it, out on one's feet, unaware * (skilled performance without conscious control) in the zone, on a rollNoun
(singulare tantum)aware
English
Adjective
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