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perceptiveness vs sensitiveness

sensitiveness vs perceptiveness

perceptiveness and sensitiveness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
perceptiveness Yes No No No
sensitiveness Yes No No No
As nouns, sensitiveness is a hypernym of perceptiveness; that is, sensitiveness is a word with a broader meaning than perceptiveness:
  • perceptiveness: the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding
  • sensitiveness: the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
Other hypernyms of perceptiveness include sensitivity.
perceptiveness (noun) sensitiveness (noun)
the quality of insight and sympathetic understanding the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values) the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
perception of that which is obscure (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
a feeling of understanding sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
Difference between perceptiveness and sensitiveness

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