attention vs mental faculty

mental faculty vs attention

attention and mental faculty both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
attention	Yes	No	No	No
mental faculty	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mental faculty is a hypernym of attention; that is, mental faculty is a word with a broader meaning than attention:

attention: the faculty or power of mental concentration
mental faculty: one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

Other hypernyms of attention include faculty, module.

attention (noun)	mental faculty (noun)
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something	one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
a courteous act indicating affection
a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review
the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
the faculty or power of mental concentration
a general interest that leads people to want to know more

Difference between attention and mental faculty

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