different between perception vs excellence

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)

1. The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
2. Conscious understanding of something.

   perception of time

3. Vision (ability)
4. Acuity
5. (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)

1. tax collection
2. 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

English

Etymology

From Old French excellence, from Latin excellentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ks?l?ns/

Noun

excellence (usually uncountable, plural excellences)

1. The quality of being excellent; brilliance
2. Something in which one excels.
3. An excellent or valuable quality; something at which any someone excels; a virtue.

Synonyms

• superiority
• pre-eminence
• perfection
• worth
• goodness
• purity
• greatness

Translations

See also

• par excellence

References

• excellence at OneLook Dictionary Search
• excellence in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• excellence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.s?.l??s/

Noun

excellence f (plural excellences)

1. Excellence.
2. Excellency (term of address).

Derived terms

Further reading

• “excellence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).