perception vs constancy

constancy vs perception

perception and constancy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
perception	Yes	No	No	No
constancy	Yes	No	No	No

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

perception: the process of perceiving
constancy: (psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation

Other hyponyms of perception include perceptual constancy, detection, sensing, beholding, seeing, visual perception, auditory perception, sound perception, aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression, somaesthesia, somatesthesia, somatic sensation, somesthesia, feeling, tactile sensation, tactual sensation, touch, touch sensation.

perception (noun)	constancy (noun)
becoming aware of something via the senses	the quality of being enduring and free from change or variation
the process of perceiving	faithfulness and dependability in personal attachments (especially sexual fidelity)
the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept	(psychology) the tendency for perceived objects to give rise to very similar perceptual experiences in spite of wide variations in the conditions of observation
a way of conceiving something
knowledge gained by perceiving

Difference between perception and constancy

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