mental faculty vs sense

sense vs mental faculty

mental faculty and sense both are nouns.

mental faculty is not a verb while sense is a verb.

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

As nouns, sense is a hyponym of mental faculty; that is, sense 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
sense: the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

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

mental faculty (noun)	sense (noun)
one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind	the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
	sound practical judgment
	a general conscious awareness
	a natural appreciation or ability
	the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted

mental faculty (verb)	sense (verb)
	discern
	become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
	perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
	detect some circumstance or entity automatically

Difference between mental faculty and sense

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