Hearing
Hearing noun - The act of hearing attentively.
Usage example: they make good music--you should give them a hearing
Perception and hearing are semantically related. in ability to perceive sound topic. In some cases you can use "Perception" instead a noun "Hearing".
Perception
Perception noun - The ability to understand inner qualities or relationships.
Hearing and perception are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hearing" instead a noun "Perception".
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Lensman. Rigellians are Blind Seers (in place of sight and hearing, they have extra-sensory perception and telepathy) with tough hides that muffle their sense of touch.
Source: Drives Like Crazy - It also demolished any perception of Rupert Murdoch's political clout, as evidenced not as much by his stoop-shouldered humility before a Parliamentary ethics hearing as that ranking officials who deferred to him before began to publicly diss and dismiss him.
Source: Role Ending Misdemeanor -
When human enemies briefly sees or hears something moving in the corner (Styx), but then lose perception before they get suspicious, they may say "Fuck, and I didn't even taken any amber...." and dismiss it as themselves seeing or hearing things.
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