feeler vs sensitivity
sensitivity vs feelerfeeler and sensitivity both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| feeler | Yes | No | No | No |
| sensitivity | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
sensitivity is a hypernym of
feeler; that is, sensitivity is a
word with a broader meaning than feeler:
- feeler: sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ
- sensitivity: the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
Other hypernyms of feeler include
sensitiveness.
| feeler (noun) | sensitivity (noun) |
|---|---|
| one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste | the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences |
| slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish | the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment |
| sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ | (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation |
| a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others | sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) |
| susceptibility to a pathogen |
Words related to "feeler"
Words related to "sensitivity"
- ability
- acuteness
- antenna
- defensiveness
- desensitising
- desensitizing
- diathesis
- exteroception
- feeler
- feeling
- feelings
- frequency response
- habitus
- hypersensitivity
- insensitive
- insensitivity
- interoception
- oversensitiveness
- perceptiveness
- photosensitivity
- physical property
- physiology
- predisposition
- radiosensitivity
- reactivity
- responsiveness
- sensation
- sense
- sensibility
- sensitisation
- sensitising
- sensitive
- sensitiveness
- sensitization
- sensitizing
- sensory faculty
- sentience
- sentiency
- susceptibility
- susceptibleness
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