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touch vs stimulate

stimulate vs touch

touch is a noun but stimulate is not a noun.

touch and stimulate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
touch Yes No Yes No
stimulate No No Yes No
As verbs, stimulate is a hyponym of touch; that is, stimulate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than touch:
  • touch: have an effect upon
  • stimulate: act as a stimulant
Other hyponyms of touch include strike a blow, repercuss, tell on, redound, excite, process, treat, hydrolise, hydrolize, color, colour, distort, tinge, endanger, expose, peril, queer, scupper, hit, strike, subject, bother, discommode, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble, act upon, influence, work, slam-dunk.
touch (noun) stimulate (noun)
the act of putting two things together with no space between them
the feel of mechanical action
a distinguishing style
the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
deftness in handling matters
the act of soliciting money (as a gift or loan)
a suggestion of some quality
a communicative interaction
the event of something coming in contact with the body
a slight but appreciable amount
a slight attack of illness
touch (verb) stimulate (verb)
have an effect upon cause to be alert and energetic
color lightly act as a stimulant
comprehend provide the needed stimulus for
make a more or less disguised reference to cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
consume cause to occur rapidly
make physical contact with, come in contact with stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
be in direct physical contact with; make contact stir feelings in
tamper with
cause to be in brief contact with
affect emotionally
perceive via the tactile sense
deal with; usually used with a form of negation
be relevant to
to extend as far as
be equal to in quality or ability
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