exteroception vs hearing

hearing vs exteroception

exteroception and hearing both are nouns.

exteroception is not an adjective while hearing is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
exteroception	Yes	No	No	No
hearing	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, hearing is a hyponym of exteroception; that is, hearing is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than exteroception:

exteroception: sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
hearing: the ability to hear; the auditory faculty

Other hyponyms of exteroception include sight, vision, visual modality, visual sense, cutaneous senses, sense of touch, skin senses, touch, touch modality, audition, auditory modality, auditory sense, sense of hearing, gustation, gustatory modality, sense of taste, taste, olfaction, olfactory modality, sense of smell, smell.

exteroception (noun)	hearing (noun)
sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body	the act of hearing attentively
	(law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
	the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
	a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken
	the range within which a voice can be heard
	an opportunity to state your case and be heard

exteroception (adjective)	hearing (adjective)
	able to perceive sound

Difference between exteroception and hearing

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