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sensibility vs sensitivity

sensitivity vs sensibility

sensibility and sensitivity both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sensibility Yes No No No
sensitivity Yes No No No
As nouns, sensibility and sensitivity are synonyms defined as:
  • sensibility and sensitivity: (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
Other synonyms of sensibility include sensitiveness.
As nouns, sensitivity is a hypernym of sensibility; that is, sensitivity is a word with a broader meaning than sensibility:
  • sensibility: refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions
  • sensitivity: sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
Other hypernyms of sensibility include sensitiveness.
sensibility (noun) sensitivity (noun)
mental responsiveness and awareness the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
susceptibility to a pathogen
Difference between sensibility and sensitivity

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