Sentience vs. Sapience

Sentiencenoun

The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.

Sentiencenoun

The quality or state of being sentient; esp., the quality or state of having sensation.

Sentiencenoun

state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness;

Sentiencenoun

the faculty through which the external world is apprehended;

Sentiencenoun

the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness;

Sentience

Sentience is the capacity to be aware of feelings and sensations. The word was first coined by philosophers in the 1630s for the concept of an ability to feel, derived from Latin sentientem (a feeling), to distinguish it from the ability to think (reason).

Sapiencenoun

The property of being sapient, the property of possessing or being able to possess wisdom.

Sapiencenoun

The quality of being sapient; wisdom; sageness; knowledge.

Sapiencenoun

ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight