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pain sensation vs somesthesia

somesthesia vs pain sensation

pain sensation and somesthesia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pain sensation Yes No No No
somesthesia Yes No No No
As nouns, somesthesia is a hypernym of pain sensation; that is, somesthesia is a word with a broader meaning than pain sensation:
  • pain sensation: a somatic sensation of acute discomfort
  • somesthesia: the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
Other hypernyms of pain sensation include somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation.
pain sensation (noun) somesthesia (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
the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
Difference between pain sensation and somesthesia

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