Difference between Synesthesia and Synaesthesia
What is the difference between Synesthesia and Synaesthesia?
Synesthesia as a noun is a neurological or psychological phenomenon whereby a particular sensory stimulus triggers a second kind of sensation. while Synaesthesia as a noun is a physiological or psychological phenomenon whereby a particular sensory stimulus triggers a second kind of sensation. for example, reading the letter 'r' may trigger the visual sensation of the colour purple in the mind or the eye of the synaesthete (grapheme → colour synaesthesia); or, more rarely, for example, the phoneme /l/ may elicit the taste of mince (lexical → gustatory synaesthesia).
Synesthesia
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A neurological or psychological phenomenon whereby a particular sensory stimulus triggers a second kind of sensation.
Synaesthesia
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A physiological or psychological phenomenon whereby a particular sensory stimulus triggers a second kind of sensation. For example, reading the letter 'r' may trigger the visual sensation of the colour purple in the mind or the eye of the synaesthete (grapheme → colour synaesthesia); or, more rarely, for example, the phoneme /l/ may elicit the taste of mince (lexical → gustatory synaesthesia).A literary device whereby one kind of sensation is described in the terms of another.
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