different between instinct vs emotion
instinct
English
Etymology
From Latin ?nstinctus, past participle of ?nstingu? (“to incite, to instigate”), from in (“in, on”) + stingu? (“to prick”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.st??kt/
Noun
instinct (countable and uncountable, plural instincts)
- A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour.
- Many animals fear fire by instinct.
- An intuitive reaction not based on rational conscious thought.
- an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct
- Debbie's instinct was to distrust John.
Derived terms
- instinctively
- instinctive
Translations
Adjective
instinct (comparative more instinct, superlative most instinct)
- (archaic) Imbued, charged (with something).
- 1838, Henry Brougham, Historical Sketches of Statesmen Who Flourished in the Time of George III
- a noble performance, instinct with sound principle
- 1857, Charlotte Brontë, The Professor
- Her eyes, whose colour I had not at first known, so dim were they with repressed tears, so shadowed with ceaseless dejection, now, lit by a ray of the sunshine that cheered her heart, revealed irids of bright hazel – irids large and full, screened with long lashes; and pupils instinct with fire.
- 1928, HP Lovecraft, ‘The Call of Cthulhu’:
- This thing, which seemed instinct with a fearsome and unnatural malignancy, was of a somewhat bloated corpulence, and squatted evilly on a rectangular block or pedestal covered with undecipherable characters.
- 1838, Henry Brougham, Historical Sketches of Statesmen Who Flourished in the Time of George III
Further reading
- instinct in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- instinct in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French instinct, from Latin ?nstinctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?st??(k)t/
- Hyphenation: in?stinct
- Rhymes: -??kt
Noun
instinct n (plural instincten)
- instinct (innate response, impulse or behaviour)
Derived terms
- instinctief
- instinctmatig
- moederinstinct
- vaderinstinct
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ?nstinctus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??s.t??/
Noun
instinct m (plural instincts)
- instinct
- gut feeling
Related terms
- instinctif
Further reading
- “instinct” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French instinct
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in?stinkt/
Noun
instinct n (plural instincte)
- instinct
Declension
Related terms
- instinctiv
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emotion
English
Etymology
From Middle French emotion (modern French émotion), from émouvoir (“excite”) based on Latin ?m?tus, past participle of ?move? (“to move out, move away, remove, stir up, irritate”), from ?- (“out”) (variant of ex-), and move? (“move”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /??mo???n/, /i?mo???n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??m????n/
- Rhymes: -????n
Noun
emotion (countable and uncountable, plural emotions)
- (obsolete) movement; agitation [16th–18th c.]
- 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.
- A reaction by a non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.
Synonyms
- (person's internal state of being): feeling, affect
Derived terms
- emotionable
- emotional
Related terms
Translations
References
- emotion at OneLook Dictionary Search
- emotion in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- emotion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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