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tactual sensation vs somesthesia

somesthesia vs tactual sensation

tactual sensation and somesthesia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tactual sensation Yes No No No
somesthesia Yes No No No
As nouns, somesthesia is a hypernym of tactual sensation; that is, somesthesia is a word with a broader meaning than tactual sensation:
  • tactual sensation: the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain
  • somesthesia: the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
Other hypernyms of tactual sensation include somaesthesia, somaesthesis, somataesthesis, somatesthesia, somatic sense, somatic sensory system, somatosensory system, somesthesis.
tactual sensation (noun) somesthesia (noun)
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin the faculty of bodily perception; sensory systems associated with the body; includes skin senses and proprioception and the internal organs
the faculty of perceiving (via the skin) pressure or heat or pain the perception of tactual or proprioceptive or gut sensations
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