proprioception vs equilibrium

equilibrium vs proprioception

proprioception and equilibrium both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
proprioception	Yes	No	No	No
equilibrium	Yes	No	No	No

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

proprioception: the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts
equilibrium: a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head

Other hyponyms of proprioception include kinaesthesia, kinaesthesis, kinesthesia, kinesthesis, kinesthetics, muscle sense, sense of movement, kinanesthesia, labyrinthine sense, sense of balance, sense of equilibrium, vestibular sense.

proprioception (noun)	equilibrium (noun)
the ability to sense the position and location and orientation and movement of the body and its parts	a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head
	a chemical reaction and its reverse proceed at equal rates
	equality of distribution
	a stable situation in which forces cancel one another

Difference between proprioception and equilibrium

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