different between thought vs sensibility
thought
English
Alternative forms
- thowt (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English thought, itho?t, from Old English þ?ht, ?eþ?ht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz, *gaþanht? (“thought”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”). Cognate with Scots thocht (“thought”), Saterland Frisian Toacht (“thought”), West Frisian dacht (“attention, regard, thought”), Dutch gedachte (“thought”), German Andacht (“reverence, devotion, prayer”), Icelandic þóttur (“thought”). Related to thank.
Pronunciation
- enPR: thôt
- (UK) IPA(key): /???t/
- Rhymes: -??t
- (US) IPA(key): /??t/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /??t/
- (Inland Northern American) IPA(key): /??t/
- Homophone: thot (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Noun
thought (countable and uncountable, plural thoughts)
- (countable) Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
- (uncountable) The operation by which such forms arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
- a. 1983', Paul Fix (attributed quote)
- The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.
- a. 1983', Paul Fix (attributed quote)
- (uncountable) A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
- (uncountable, now dialectal) Anxiety, distress.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
thought
- simple past tense and past participle of think
Middle English
Alternative forms
- thoughte, thougt, thouhte, thoute
- thogt, thohte, thogh
Etymology
From Old English þ?ht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?xt/, /??u?xt/
Noun
thought (plural thoughtes)
- product of mental activity
Descendants
- English: thought
- Scots: thocht
- Yola: thaugkt
References
- “thought, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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sensibility
English
Etymology
sensible +? -ity, from Middle French sensibilité, and its source, Latin s?nsibilit?s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?ns??b?l?ti/
Noun
sensibility (countable and uncountable, plural sensibilities)
- The ability to sense, feel or perceive; responsiveness to sensory stimuli; sensitivity. [from 15th c.]
- 2011, William Thomson, Reprint of Papers on Electrostatics and Magnetism, p. 204:
- The high sensibility of the divided ring electrometer renders this test really very easy […].
- 2011, William Thomson, Reprint of Papers on Electrostatics and Magnetism, p. 204:
- Emotional or artistic awareness; keen sensitivity to matters of feeling or creative expression. [from 17th c.]
- 2015, Kathleen T. Galvin, Monica Prendergast, Poetic Inquiry II, p. 266:
- By poetic ethic I am speaking about the intention to act on, and incorporate into a narrative configuration, values and beliefs that promote a poetic ontology and a poetic sensibility.
- 2015, Kathleen T. Galvin, Monica Prendergast, Poetic Inquiry II, p. 266:
- (now rare, archaic) Excessive emotional awareness; the fact or quality of being overemotional. [from 18th c.]
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 106:
- People of sensibility have seldom good tempers.
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Penguin 2004, p. 106:
- (in the plural) An acute awareness or feeling. [from 18th c.]
- (obsolete) The capacity to be perceived by the senses. [15th–17th c.]
Translations
Further reading
- "sensibility" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 280.
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