Undercurrent vs Feeling - What's the difference?
undercurrent | feeling | Related terms |
a current which flows under the surface
(figuratively) A tendency of feeling or opinion that is concealed rather than exposed.
* George Eliot
:The meeting was pervaded with an undercurrent of dread, as the managers tried not to admit firings were looming.
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Emotionally sensitive.
Expressive of great sensibility; attended by, or evincing, sensibility.
Sensation, particularly through the skin.
Emotion; impression.
Emotional state or well-being.
Emotional attraction or desire.
Intuition.
* 1987 ,
An opinion, an attitude.
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Undercurrent is a related term of feeling.
As nouns the difference between undercurrent and feeling
is that undercurrent is a current which flows under the surface while feeling is sensation, particularly through the skin.As an adjective feeling is
emotionally sensitive.As a verb feeling is
.undercurrent
English
Noun
(en noun)- (Totten)
- All the while there was a busy undercurrent in her.
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feeling
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Despite the rough voice, the coach is surprisingly feeling .
- He made a feeling representation of his wrongs.
Noun
(en noun)- The wool on my arm produced a strange feeling .
- The house gave me a feeling of dread.
- You really hurt my feelings when you said that.
- Many people still have feelings for their first love.
- He has no feeling for what he can say to somebody in such a fragile emotional condition.
- Got on a lucky one
- Came in eighteen to one
- I've got a feeling
- This year's for me and you
- I've got a funny feeling that this isn't going to work.
