faculty vs reason

reason vs faculty

faculty and reason both are nouns.

faculty is not a verb while reason is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
faculty	Yes	No	No	No
reason	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

faculty: one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
reason: the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

Other hyponyms of faculty include attention, language, speech, memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity, intellect, understanding, sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency, volition, will.

faculty (noun)	reason (noun)
one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind	the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
the body of teachers and administrators at a school	a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
	a justification for something existing or happening
	an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
	a rational motive for a belief or action
	the state of having good sense and sound judgment

faculty (verb)	reason (verb)
	think logically
	decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
	present reasons and arguments

Difference between faculty and reason

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