mental faculty vs attention

attention vs mental faculty

mental faculty and attention both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mental faculty	Yes	No	No	No
attention	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, attention is a hyponym of mental faculty; that is, attention is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mental faculty:

mental faculty: one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
attention: the faculty or power of mental concentration

Other hyponyms of mental faculty include language, speech, memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity, intellect, reason, understanding, sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency, volition, will.

mental faculty (noun)	attention (noun)
one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind	the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something
	a courteous act indicating affection
	a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review
	the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others
	the faculty or power of mental concentration
	a general interest that leads people to want to know more

Difference between mental faculty and attention

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