mental representation vs perception

perception vs mental representation

mental representation and perception both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mental representation	Yes	No	No	No
perception	Yes	No	No	No

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

mental representation: a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
perception: the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

Other hyponyms of mental representation include convergence, intersection, overlap, instantiation, antitype, stereotype, schema, scheme, image, mental image, interpretation, reading, version, phantasmagoria, psychosexuality, percept, perceptual experience, memory, example, model, appearance, blur, fuzz, abstractionism, unrealism, concrete representation, concretism.

mental representation (noun)	perception (noun)
a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image	becoming aware of something via the senses
	the process of perceiving
	the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
	a way of conceiving something
	knowledge gained by perceiving

Difference between mental representation and perception

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