feeling vs pleasure

pleasure vs feeling

feeling and pleasure both are nouns.

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

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

feeling: the experiencing of affective and emotional states
pleasure: a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

Other hyponyms of feeling include affect, emotion, thing, glow, faintness, soul, soulfulness, passion, passionateness, sentiment, complex, ambivalence, ambivalency, apathy, desire, sex, sexual urge, pleasance, pain, painfulness, pang, stab, twinge, liking, 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)	pleasure (noun)
the experiencing of affective and emotional states	sexual gratification
an intuitive understanding of something	an activity that affords enjoyment
a physical sensation that you experience	something or someone that provides a source of happiness
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin	a formal expression
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed	a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

Difference between feeling and pleasure

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