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painful sensation vs somesthesia

somesthesia vs painful sensation

painful sensation and somesthesia both are nouns.

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

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