pain vs somatesthesia

somatesthesia vs pain

pain and somatesthesia both are nouns.

pain is a verb but somatesthesia is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
pain	Yes	No	Yes	No
somatesthesia	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, somatesthesia is a hypernym of pain; that is, somatesthesia is a word with a broader meaning than pain:

pain: a somatic sensation of acute discomfort
somatesthesia: the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations

Other hypernyms of pain include somaesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia.

pain (noun)	somatesthesia (noun)
a somatic sensation of acute discomfort	the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness	the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
emotional distress; a fundamental feeling that people try to avoid
a symptom of some physical hurt or disorder

pain (verb)	somatesthesia (verb)
cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
cause emotional anguish or make miserable

Difference between pain and somatesthesia

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