feeling vs sensitiveness

sensitiveness vs feeling

feeling and sensitiveness both are nouns.

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

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

feeling: the experiencing of affective and emotional states
sensitiveness: sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)

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, liking, dislike, gratitude, ingratitude, ungratefulness, unconcern, shame, pride, pridefulness, humbleness, humility, amazement, astonishment, devastation, expectation, levity, gravity, solemnity, 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)	sensitiveness (noun)
the experiencing of affective and emotional states	the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
an intuitive understanding of something	the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
a physical sensation that you experience	(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin	sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
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

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