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Sensation vs Urtication - What's the difference?

sensation | urtication |

As nouns the difference between sensation and urtication

is that sensation is (widespread reaction of interest or excitement) while urtication is (pathology) the development of urticaria (hives).

sensation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
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  • *:Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.}}
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  • A widespread reaction of interest or excitement.
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  • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=“Two or three months more went by?; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations , surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest. […]”}}
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    urtication

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pathology) the development of urticaria (hives)
  • The sensation of being stung by nettles
  • (medicine) Beating the skin with nettles (formerly used to treat paralysis)