SENSIBLE AND SENSITIVE
September 2, 2019
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- A: I want to buy that car.
- B: Be sensible, dear, it’s not the right time to spend that much money.
A sensitive person feels things easily or deeply, and may be easily hurt.
- Don’t shout at him – he’s very sensitive. (NOT …
very sensible.) - Do you have a sun cream for sensitive skin? (NOT …
for sensible skin?)
Note that sensible is a “false friend” – similar words in some languages, such as Spanish, mean “sensitive”.
