Perception vs. Viewpoint — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Perception and Viewpoint
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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.
Viewpoint
A position from which something is observed or considered; a point of view.
Perception
The process of perceiving something with the senses
The perception of a faint sound.
Viewpoint
The position from which something is observed or considered
From the top of the hill you get a good viewpoint of the town.
Perception
An instance of this
Sense perceptions.
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Viewpoint
An angle, outlook or point of view.
It is my personal viewpoint that veganism should be not only accepted, but actively encouraged by those in power.
Perception
The process or state of being aware of something
The perception of time.
Viewpoint
A mental position from which things are viewed;
We should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians
Teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events
Perception
Insight or knowledge gained by thinking
The perception that inheritance must be coded in DNA.
Viewpoint
A place from which something can be viewed;
From that vantage point he could survey the whole valley
Perception
The capacity for such insight or knowledge
Theories of how to enhance human perception.
Perception
An insight or point of knowledge
The article is full of astute perceptions.
Perception
An interpretation or impression; an opinion or belief
Doctors working to change the public perception of certain diseases.
Perception
The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
Perception
Conscious understanding of something.
Have perception of time
Perception
Vision (ability)
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
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