Sensible vs. Sensitive
Sensibleadjective
Perceptible by the senses.
Sensibleadjective
Easily perceived; appreciable.
Sensibleadjective
(archaic) Able to feel or perceive.
Sensibleadjective
(archaic) Liable to external impression; easily affected; sensitive.
Sensibleadjective
Of or pertaining to the senses; sensory.
Sensibleadjective
(archaic) Cognizant; having the perception of something; aware of something.
Sensibleadjective
Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason.
Sensibleadjective
Characterized more by usefulness or practicality than by fashionableness, especially of clothing.
Sensiblenoun
(obsolete) Sensation; sensibility.
Sensiblenoun
(obsolete) That which impresses itself on the senses; anything perceptible.
Sensiblenoun
(obsolete) That which has sensibility; a sensitive being.
Sensibleadjective
Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding; heat; sensible resistance.
Sensibleadjective
Having the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; capable of perceiving by the instrumentality of the proper organs; liable to be affected physsically or mentally; impressible.
Sensibleadjective
Hence: Liable to impression from without; easily affected; having nice perception or acute feeling; sensitive; also, readily moved or affected by natural agents; delicate; as, a sensible thermometer.
Sensibleadjective
Perceiving or having perception, either by the senses or the mind; cognizant; perceiving so clearly as to be convinced; satisfied; persuaded.
Sensibleadjective
Having moral perception; capable of being affected by moral good or evil.
Sensibleadjective
Possessing or containing sense or reason; giftedwith, or characterized by, good or common sense; intelligent; wise.
Sensiblenoun
Sensation; sensibility.
Sensiblenoun
That which impresses itself on the sense; anything perceptible.
Sensiblenoun
That which has sensibility; a sensitive being.
Sensibleadjective
showing reason or sound judgment;
Sensibleadjective
able to feel or perceive;
Sensibleadjective
acting with or showing thought and good sense;
Sensibleadjective
marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters;
Sensibleadjective
readily perceived by the senses;
Sensibleadjective
aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed;
Sensibleadjective
proceeding from good sense or judgment;
Sensitiveadjective
having the faculty of sensation; pertaining to the senses
Sensitiveadjective
Responsive to stimuli.
Sensitiveadjective
(of a person) easily offended, upset or hurt
Sensitiveadjective
(of an issue, topic, etc.) capable of offending, upsetting or hurting
Sensitiveadjective
meant to be concealed or kept secret.
Sensitiveadjective
(of an instrument) accurate
Sensitiveadjective
(archaic) Having paranormal abilities that can be controlled through mesmerism.
Sensitivenoun
one with a paranormal sensitivity to something that most cannot perceive
Sensitiveadjective
Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.
Sensitiveadjective
Having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action of external objects, or to impressions upon the mind and feelings; highly susceptible; easily and acutely affected.
Sensitiveadjective
Having a capacity of being easily affected or moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales.
Sensitiveadjective
Serving to affect the sense; sensible.
Sensitiveadjective
Of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as, sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by irritation.
Sensitiveadjective
responsive to physical stimuli;
Sensitiveadjective
having acute mental or emotional sensibility;
Sensitiveadjective
able to feel or perceive;
Sensitiveadjective
hurting;
Sensitiveadjective
used officially of classified information or matters affecting national security
Sensitiveadjective
quick to detect or respond to slight changes, signals, or influences
Sensitiveadjective
easily damaged, injured, or distressed by slight changes
Sensitiveadjective
(of photographic materials) prepared so as to respond rapidly to the action of light.
Sensitiveadjective
(of a market) unstable and liable to quick changes of price because of outside influences
Sensitiveadjective
having or displaying a quick and delicate appreciation of others' feelings
Sensitiveadjective
easily offended or upset
Sensitiveadjective
kept secret or with restrictions on disclosure to avoid endangering security
Sensitivenoun
a person who is believed to respond to paranormal influences.
