perceive vs understand
understand vs perceiveperceive and understand both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| perceive | No | No | Yes | No |
| understand | No | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
understand is a hypernym of
perceive; that is, understand is a
word with a broader meaning than perceive:
- perceive: become conscious of
- understand: perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
| perceive (verb) | understand (verb) |
|---|---|
| become conscious of | know and comprehend the nature or meaning of |
| to become aware of through the senses | perceive (an idea or situation) mentally |
| believe to be the case | |
| make sense of a language | |
| be understanding of |
Words related to "perceive"
- ache
- apperceive
- catch
- comprehend
- discern
- discover
- distinguish
- divine
- dream
- experience
- feel
- find
- get
- hallucinate
- have
- hear
- hurt
- listen
- make out
- mark
- misperceive
- note
- notice
- observe
- perceiver
- perceptible
- perception
- perceptive
- percipient
- pick out
- pick up
- realise
- realize
- receive
- recognise
- recognize
- record
- register
- see
- see through
- sense
- sight
- smell
- smell out
- spot
- spy
- suffer
- take note
- taste
- tell apart
- touch
- understand
Words related to "understand"
- appreciate
- apprehend
- believe
- bottom
- catch
- click
- come across
- come home
- compass
- comprehend
- construe
- control
- dawn
- dig
- empathise
- empathize
- envision
- fall into place
- fancy
- fathom
- figure
- figure out
- follow
- get
- get across
- get the picture
- get through
- grasp
- grok
- image
- infer
- interpret
- lick
- make out
- master
- penetrate
- perceive
- picture
- project
- puzzle out
- read
- realise
- realize
- resonate
- savvy
- see
- sense
- sink in
- solve
- sympathise
- sympathize
- take account
- touch
- translate
- understand
- understandable
- understanding
- visualise
- visualize
- work
- work out
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