Emotion vs. Swoon — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Emotion and Swoon
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Emotion
Emotions are biologically-based psychological states brought on by neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavioural responses, and a degree of pleasure or displeasure. There is currently no scientific consensus on a definition.
Swoon
To faint.
Emotion
A mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling
The emotions of joy, sorrow, and anger.
Swoon
To be overwhelmed by ecstatic joy.
Emotion
Such mental states or the qualities that are associated with them, especially in contrast to reason
A decision based on emotion rather than logic.
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Swoon
A fainting spell; syncope.
Emotion
(obsolete) movement; agitation. 18
Swoon
A state of ecstasy or rapture.
Emotion
A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
Swoon
A faint.
Emotion
A reaction by a non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.
Swoon
An infatuation.
Emotion
A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings, whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the body.
How different the emotions between departure and return!
Some vague emotion of delight.
Swoon
(literally) To faint, to lose consciousness.
Emotion
Any strong feeling
Swoon
(by extension) To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.
Swoon
To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection.
The girls swooned at the picture of their favorite actor.
Swoon
To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; - often with away.
The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
The most in years . . . swooned first away for pain.
He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy.
Swoon
A fainting fit; syncope.
Swoon
A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
Swoon
Pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
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