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feeling vs somesthesia

somesthesia vs feeling

feeling and somesthesia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
feeling Yes No No No
somesthesia Yes No No No
As nouns, somesthesia is a hypernym of feeling; that is, somesthesia is a word with a broader meaning than feeling:
  • feeling: a physical sensation that you experience
  • somesthesia: the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
Other hypernyms of feeling include somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation.
feeling (noun) somesthesia (noun)
the experiencing of affective and emotional states the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
an intuitive understanding of something the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
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 somesthesia

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