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perception vs detection

detection vs perception

perception and detection both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
perception Yes No No No
detection Yes No No No
As nouns, detection is a hyponym of perception; that is, detection is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than perception:
  • perception: the process of perceiving
  • detection: the perception that something has occurred or some state exists
Other hyponyms of perception include constancy, perceptual constancy, 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) detection (noun)
becoming aware of something via the senses the act of detecting something; catching sight of something
the process of perceiving a police investigation to determine the perpetrator
the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept the perception that something has occurred or some state exists
a way of conceiving something the detection that a signal is being received
knowledge gained by perceiving
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