feeling vs liking

liking vs feeling

feeling and liking both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
feeling	Yes	No	No	No
liking	Yes	No	No	No

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

feeling: the experiencing of affective and emotional states
liking: a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment

Other hyponyms of feeling include affect, emotion, thing, glow, faintness, soul, soulfulness, passion, passionateness, sentiment, complex, ambivalence, ambivalency, apathy, desire, sex, sexual urge, pleasance, pleasure, pain, painfulness, pang, stab, twinge, dislike, gratitude, ingratitude, ungratefulness, unconcern, shame, pride, pridefulness, humbleness, humility, amazement, astonishment, devastation, expectation, levity, gravity, solemnity, sensitiveness, sensitivity, agitation, calmness, bravery, fearlessness, happiness, sadness, unhappiness, hope, despair, affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness, humor, humour, mood, temper, fellow feeling, sympathy, enthusiasm, anchorage, disinterest.

feeling (noun)	liking (noun)
the experiencing of affective and emotional states	a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment
an intuitive understanding of something
a physical sensation that you experience
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

Difference between feeling and liking

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