Feeling/sensation of...

[99bottles]

The difference between feeling and sensation confuses me.

For instance, I saw this sentence online: I'm addicted to the feeling of your lips on mine.
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/366410119668783441/

Can we also say, '... sensation of your lips on mine'?

 

[jutfrank]

In its narrowest sense, 'sensation' is the conscious experience of sensory information coming in through the sense organs (in this case the nerve endings on the lips).

The sense of 'feeling' is so much wider.

 

[99bottles]

In its narrowest sense, 'sensation' is the conscious experience of sensory information coming in through the sense organs (in this case the nerve endings on the lips).

The sense of 'feeling' is so much wider.

So in the sentence above, both are correct?

 

[5jj]

So in the sentence above, are both [STRIKE]are[/STRIKE] correct?

Both are grammatically correct.

 

[jutfrank]

So in the sentence above, both are correct?

What do you mean when you ask whether both are correct? If you're asking whether they both make sense, then yes, they do.

 

[99bottles]

What do you mean when you ask whether both are correct? If you're asking whether they both make sense, then yes, they do.

What's the difference between them?

 

[emsr2d2]

What's the difference between them?

Read post 2 again!

 

[99bottles]

Read post 2 again!

So, in the OP sentence, they both mean the same thing?

 

[emsr2d2]

So, in the [strike]OP[/strike] original sentence, do they [strike]both[/strike] mean the same thing?

Possibly. When a word has more than one possible interpretation, if there is no surrounding context that helps you decide between them, the only way to find out what was meant is to ask the writer.

Note that "OP" means either "original post" or "original poster" (usually the latter) so "the OP sentence" is grammatically incorrect.

 

[99bottles]

Possibly. When a word has more than one possible interpretation, if there is no surrounding context that helps you decide between them, the only way to find out what was meant is to ask the writer.

Note that "OP" means either "original post" or "original poster" (usually the latter) so "the OP sentence" is grammatically incorrect.

Ok, but why did you also correct the they mean the same thing part? I've heard one can ask questions without inversion when asking for confirmation.

 

[emsr2d2]

We always discourage learners from writing a statement and then adding a question mark in order to formulate a question. Native speakers do it a lot but we always try to demonstrate how a question should be formulated here.