sentience vs sensitivity

sentience and sensitivity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sentience	Yes	No	No	No
sensitivity	Yes	No	No	No

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

sentience: the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
sensitivity: (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation

Other hyponyms of sentience include modality, sense modality, sensory system, sensibility, sensitiveness.

sentience (noun)	sensitivity (noun)
the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness	the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences
the faculty through which the external world is apprehended	the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment
state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness	(physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation
	sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others)
	susceptibility to a pathogen

sentience vs sensitivity

sentience and sensitivity both are nouns.

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