receptive vs sensory

receptive and sensory both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
receptive	No	Yes	No	No
sensory	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, receptive and sensory are synonyms defined as:

receptive and sensory: of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system

Other synonyms of receptive include centripetal.

receptive (adjective)	sensory (adjective)
ready or willing to receive favorably	involving or derived from the senses
able to absorb liquid (not repellent)	relating to or concerned in sensation
of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system	of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
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