Difference between Perceive and Perception

What is the difference between Perceive and Perception?

Perceive as a verb is to see, to be aware of, to understand. while Perception as a noun is conscious understanding of something.

Perceive

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To see, to be aware of, to understand.

Perception

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Conscious understanding of something.Vision (ability)Acuity(cognition) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.

Example sentence: Facts matter not at all. Perception is everything. It's certainty.

We hope you now know whether to use Perceive or Perception in your sentence.

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