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somatosensory system vs tactual sensation

tactual sensation vs somatosensory system

somatosensory system and tactual sensation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
somatosensory system Yes No No No
tactual sensation Yes No No No
As nouns, tactual sensation is a hyponym of somatosensory system; that is, tactual sensation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than somatosensory system:
  • somatosensory system: the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
  • tactual sensation: the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain
Other hyponyms of somatosensory system include skin perceptiveness, tactility, touch perception, feeling of movement, kinaesthesia, kinesthesia.
somatosensory system (noun) tactual sensation (noun)
the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain
Difference between somatosensory system and tactual sensation

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