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sensitiveness vs sensibility

sensibility vs sensitiveness

sensitiveness and sensibility both are nouns.

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

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