subconscious vs unconscious
subconscious
Definitions
noun
- psychic activity just below the level of awareness
adjective
- just below the level of consciousness
Examples
I guess my subconscious is trying to tell me something, LOL!
The time had come when a book of that kind was desirable and perhaps, subconsciously had been waited for, particularly by the women of the war generation and at the moment owed to the catenation of events which had nothing to do with the 'author and had nothing to do with its appearance.
What we can do is look into our subconscious mind and see what affects us and how strongly.
unconscious
Definitions
noun
- that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware
adjective
- not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead
- (followed by `of') not knowing or perceiving
- without conscious volition
Examples
The recoil from the shot blew James onto his back, unconscious once again.
We all have implicit or unconscious biases that impact our behavior.
Some people think that it is difficult to prove the existence of the unconscious mind.
