feel vs touch

Definitions

noun

1. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
2. an intuitive awareness
3. a property perceived by touch
4. manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure

verb

1. be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state
2. undergo passive experience of
3. examine (a body part) by palpation
4. come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
5. be felt or perceived in a certain way

Examples

I used to think the worst feeling was losing someone you love. But, I was wrong. The worst feeling is the moment you have lost yourself.

He was going back to the place where there was no feeling, because emotion and love were not allowed.

I turned up at the school yard with my hippie backpack slung over one shoulder feeling pretty cool.

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Definitions

verb

1. affect emotionally
2. make physical contact with, come in contact with
3. make a more or less disguised reference to
4. to extend as far as
5. be equal to in quality or ability

noun

1. a slight but appreciable amount
2. a slight attack of illness
3. the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands)
4. the event of something coming in contact with the body
5. deftness in handling matters

Examples

I don't touch garlic.

It is, we learned, easier to learn to fly a plane than to master touch-typing.

It is by these special touches that the author infuses the books with the spirit of humanity, without which a fantasy becomes an empty fancy.

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