Insensible vs Senseless - What's the Difference?

Insensible

Senseless

Definitions

Definition as Adjective
  • incapable of physical sensation
  • barely able to be perceived
  • unresponsive to stimulation
  • unaware of or indifferent to
Definition as Adjective
  • unresponsive to stimulation
  • not marked by the use of reason
  • (of especially persons) lacking sense or understanding or judgment
  • serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

Examples

  • "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth"
  • "the transition was almost indiscernible"; "an almost insensible change"
  • "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"
  • "insensible to the suffering around him"
  • "he lay insensible where he had fallen"; "drugged and senseless"
  • "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"
  • "otiose lines in a play"; "advice is wasted words"; "a pointless remark"; "a life essentially purposeless"; "senseless violence"

Parts of Speech

Adjective
Adjective