somesthesia vs temperature

temperature vs somesthesia

somesthesia and temperature both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
somesthesia	Yes	No	No	No
temperature	Yes	No	No	No

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

somesthesia: the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
temperature: the somatic sensation of cold or heat

Other hyponyms of somesthesia include feeling, prickling, tingle, tingling, pressure, pressure sensation, pain, pain sensation, painful sensation.

somesthesia (noun)	temperature (noun)
the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs	the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)
the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations	the somatic sensation of cold or heat

Difference between somesthesia and temperature

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