perception vs somatic sensation

somatic sensation vs perception

perception and somatic sensation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
perception	Yes	No	No	No
somatic sensation	Yes	No	No	No

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

perception: the process of perceiving
somatic sensation: the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations

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

perception (noun)	somatic sensation (noun)
becoming aware of something via the senses	the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
the process of perceiving
the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
a way of conceiving something
knowledge gained by perceiving

Difference between perception and somatic sensation

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