somatosense vs kinesthesia
kinesthesia vs somatosensesomatosense and kinesthesia both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| somatosense | Yes | No | No | No |
| kinesthesia | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
kinesthesia is a hyponym of
somatosense; that is, kinesthesia is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
somatosense:
- somatosense: any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain
- kinesthesia: the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc
Other hyponyms of somatosense include
cutaneous senses, sense of touch, skin senses, touch, touch modality, feeling of movement, kinaesthesia.
| somatosense (noun) | kinesthesia (noun) |
|---|---|
| any of the sensory systems that mediate sensations of pressure and tickle and warmth and cold and vibration and limb position and limb movement and pain | the perception of body position and movement and muscular tensions etc |
| the ability to feel movements of the limbs and body |
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