Sensing vs. Intuition

Sensingnoun

The act of sensation.

Sensingnoun

the perception that something has occurred or some state exists;

Sensingnoun

becoming aware of something via the senses

Intuitionnoun

Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes.

Intuitionnoun

A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty.

Intuitionnoun

A looking after; a regard to.

Intuitionnoun

Direct apprehension or cognition; immediate knowledge, as in perception or consciousness; - distinguished from "mediate" knowledge, as in reasoning; as, the mind knows by intuition that black is not white, that a circle is not a square, that three are more than two, etc.; quick or ready insight or apprehension.

Intuitionnoun

Any object or truth discerned by intuition.

Intuitionnoun

Any quick insight, recognized immediately without a reasoning process; a belief arrived at unconsciously; - often it is based on extensive experience of a subject.

Intuitionnoun

The ability to have insight into a matter without conscious thought; as, his chemical intuition allowed him to predict compound conformations without any conscious calculation; a mother's intuition often tells her what is best for her child.

Intuitionnoun

instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)

Intuitionnoun

an impression that something might be the case;

Intuitionnoun

the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning

Intuitionnoun

a thing that one knows or considers likely from instinctive feeling rather than conscious reasoning

Intuition

Intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge without recourse to conscious reasoning. Different fields use the word in very different ways, including but not limited to: direct access to unconscious knowledge; unconscious cognition; inner sensing; inner insight to unconscious pattern-recognition; and the ability to understand something instinctively, without any need for conscious reasoning.The word intuition comes from the Latin verb intueri translated as or from the late middle English word intuit, .