Hello!
Which form is correct:‘sensible to pain’ or ‘sensitive to pain’?
I have found the form ‘sensible to pain’ but I know that sensible means reasonable which doesn’t seem to match here.
Thank you in advance!
The to phrases have slightly different meanings:
‘Sensitive to pain’ means the person is easily hurt or distressed by pain.
‘Sensible’ in this phrase has the meaning ‘able to perceive or feel’ so ‘Sensible to pain’ means that something is able to feel pain.
for example:
Tests have shown that single celled amoeba, small as they are, are sensible to pain (are able to feel pain).
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