reason vs mental faculty

mental faculty vs reason

reason and mental faculty both are nouns.

reason is a verb but mental faculty is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
reason	Yes	No	Yes	No
mental faculty	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mental faculty is a hypernym of reason; that is, mental faculty is a word with a broader meaning than reason:

reason: the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
mental faculty: one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

Other hypernyms of reason include faculty, module.

reason (noun)	mental faculty (noun)
the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination	one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
a justification for something existing or happening
an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
a rational motive for a belief or action
the state of having good sense and sound judgment

reason (verb)	mental faculty (verb)
think logically
decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
present reasons and arguments

Difference between reason and mental faculty

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