Perceptive vs. Receptive — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Perceptive and Receptive
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Perceptive
Of or relating to perception
Perceptive faculties.
Receptive
Capable of or qualified for receiving.
Perceptive
Having the ability to perceive; keen in discernment.
Receptive
Ready or willing to receive favorably
Receptive to their proposals.
Perceptive
Marked by discernment and understanding; sensitive.
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Receptive
(Linguistics) Of or relating to the skills of listening and reading.
Perceptive
Having or showing keenness of perception, insight, understanding, or intuition.
He is so perceptive when it comes to other people's feelings.
Receptive
Receiving or ready to receive penetration in sexual intercourse.
Perceptive
Of or pertaining to the act or power of perceiving; having the faculty or power of perceiving; used in perception.
Receptive
Receiving or ready to receive male gametes or nuclei during sexual reproduction
A receptive hypha.
Receptive stigmas.
Perceptive
Of or relating to perception;
Perceptive faculties
Receptive
Capable of receiving something.
Perceptive
Having the ability to perceive or understand; keen in discernment;
A perceptive eye
A perceptive observation
Receptive
Ready to receive something, especially new concepts or ideas.
Receptive
(botany) Of a female flower or gynoecium: ready for reproduction; fertile.
Receptive
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Receptive
(zoology) Of a female animal (especially a mammal): prepared to mate; in heat, in oestrus.
Receptive
Having the quality of receiving; able or inclined to take in, absorb, hold, or contain; receiving or containing; as, a receptive mind.
Imaginary space is receptive of all bodies.
Receptive
Open to arguments, ideas, or change;
Receptive to reason and the logic of facts
Receptive
Ready or willing to receive favorably;
Receptive to the proposals
Receptive
Of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system;
Sensory neurons
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