different between perception vs comprehension
perception
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French perception, from Latin percepti? (“a receiving or collecting, perception, comprehension”), from perceptus (“perceived, observed”), perfect passive participle of percipi? (“I perceive, observe”); see perceive.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p??s?p?(?)n/
- (US) IPA(key): /p??s?p?(?)n/
Noun
perception (countable and uncountable, plural perceptions)
- The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
- Conscious understanding of something.
- perception of time
- Vision (ability)
- Acuity
- (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.
Synonyms
- ken
Related terms
- perceive
- percept
- perceptual
Derived terms
- petite perception
Translations
Further reading
- perception in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- perception in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- preception
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin percepti?, percepti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.s?p.sj??/
Noun
perception f (plural perceptions)
- tax collection
- perception (clarification of this definition is needed)
Derived terms
- petite perception (philosophy)
Related terms
- percevoir
References
- “perception” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Further reading
- perception on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
perception From the web:
- what perception means
- what perception definition
- what perception in online classes
- what perception you have about the british
comprehension
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French compréhension, from Latin comprehensi? (“taking together”), from com- (“with, together”) +? prehend? (“take”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?mp???h?n?n?/
- (US) IPA(key): /k?mp???h?n?n?/
Noun
comprehension (countable and uncountable, plural comprehensions)
- thorough understanding
- (logic) The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
- (programming) A compact syntax for generating a list in some functional programming languages.
- (Christianity) The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England.
Synonyms
- understanding
Related terms
Translations
comprehension From the web:
- what comprehension means
- what comprehension questions
- what comprehension in english
- what comprehension skills
- what comprehension monitoring strategies
- what's comprehension test
- what comprehension strategy is sequencing
- what comprehension strategy is predicting
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