Difference between Numb and Insensitive

What is the difference between Numb and Insensitive?

Numb as an adjective is without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible. while Insensitive as an adjective is not having normal physical feeling

Numb

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To cause to become numb.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Without the power of sensation and motion or feeling; insensible.

Example sentence: A sensitive person is seldom happy with the world the way it is. And since you cannot change it, you think, 'Might as well numb the anguish.' If you're using something to escape reality, then it's something you need to address.

Insensitive

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: not having normal physical feelingnot having normal emotional feelings, cold, tactless, undiplomatic

Example sentence: I personally find it difficult to accept that there could be anyone on earth insensitive to the comic abilities of Laurel and Hardy, Sid Caesar, Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, or Martin Short. But no matter who the comic entertainer is, there is always at least a minority prepared to say, 'What's all the excitement about? He doesn't seem funny to me.'

We hope you now know whether to use Numb or Insensitive in your sentence.

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