Perceive vs. Perception — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Perceive and Perception
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Definitions
Perceive➦
Become aware or conscious of (something); come to realize or understand
He was quick to perceive that there was little future in such arguments
His mouth fell open as he perceived the truth
Perception➦
Perception (from the Latin perceptio, meaning gathering or receiving) is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information or environment.All perception involves signals that go through the nervous system, which in turn result from physical or chemical stimulation of the sensory system. For example, vision involves light striking the retina of the eye; smell is mediated by odor molecules; and hearing involves pressure waves.
Perceive➦
Interpret or regard (someone or something) in a particular way
If Guy does not perceive himself as disabled, nobody else should
Some geographers perceive hydrology to be a separate field of scientific enquiry
Perception➦
The process of perceiving something with the senses
The perception of a faint sound.
Perceive➦
To become aware of (something) directly through any of the senses, especially sight or hearing
We could perceive three figures in the fog.
Perception➦
An instance of this
Sense perceptions.
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Perceive➦
To cause or allow the mind to become aware of (a stimulus)
The ear perceives sounds.
Perception➦
The process or state of being aware of something
The perception of time.
Perceive➦
To achieve understanding of; apprehend
Einstein perceived that energy and matter are equivalent. ].
Perception➦
Insight or knowledge gained by thinking
The perception that inheritance must be coded in DNA.
Perceive➦
(transitive) To become aware of, through the physical senses, to see; to understand.
Perception➦
The capacity for such insight or knowledge
Theories of how to enhance human perception.
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Perceive➦
To interpret something in a particular way
John was perceived to be a coward by his comrades
Perception➦
An insight or point of knowledge
The article is full of astute perceptions.
Perceive➦
To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel; as, to perceive a distant ship; to perceive a discord.
Perception➦
An interpretation or impression; an opinion or belief
Doctors working to change the public perception of certain diseases.
Perceive➦
To take intellectual cognizance of; to apprehend by the mind; to be convinced of by direct intuition; to note; to remark; to discern; to see; to understand.
Jesus perceived their wickedness.
You may, fair lady,Perceive I speak sincerely.
Till we ourselves see it with our own eyes, and perceive it by our own understandings, we are still in the dark.
Perception➦
The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
Perceive➦
To be affected of influented by.
The upper regions of the air perceive the collection of the matter of tempests before the air here below.
Perception➦
Conscious understanding of something.
Have perception of time
Perceive➦
To become aware of through the senses;
I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon
Perception➦
Vision (ability)
Perceive➦
Become conscious of;
She finally perceived the futility of her protest
Perception➦
Acuity
Perception➦
(cognition) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.
Perception➦
The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition.
Perception➦
The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man's constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apperhending material objects or qualities through the senses; - distinguished from conception.
Matter hath no life nor perception, and is not conscious of its own existence.
Perception➦
The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility.
This experiment discovereth perception in plants.
Perception➦
An idea; a notion.
Perception➦
The representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept
Perception➦
A way of conceiving something;
Luther had a new perception of the Bible
Perception➦
The process of perceiving
Perception➦
Knowledge gained by perceiving;
A man admired for the depth of his perception
Perception➦
Becoming aware of something via the senses
