http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetween/wvcmp/post.htm#688642Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:44:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:688642Avangi0http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetween/wvcmp/post.htm#688642http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-688642.xmlJust in terms of my own reaction to the terms, &quot;perception&quot; = &quot;message received,&quot; and &quot;comprehension&quot; = &quot;message understood.&quot; I recognize two common senses of &quot;perception.&quot; There&#39;s the scientific sense, which is neurological. I&#39;m not sure at what point IN the processing of sensory information perception stops. Then there&#39;s the personal side of it, as sometimes comes out in the courtroom. Two people observe the same phenomenon but their perceptions differ. So we often hear dumb questions like, &quot;What is your perception of democracy?&quot;, which probably means something like, &quot;What is your conception of democracy?&quot;, or &quot;Everybody has a right to his own...http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetween/wvcmp/post.htm#688638Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:27:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:688638rafaelinrio1http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetween/wvcmp/post.htm#688638http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-688638.xmlTo comprehend = to understand. To perceive = to realize. i.e I don&#39;t comprehend the situation (I don&#39;t understand the situation) As I walked I perceived there was someone behind me. (As I walked I realized there was someone behind me)http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetween/wvcmp/post.htm#688632Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:12:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:688632AlpheccaStars2http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetween/wvcmp/post.htm#688632http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-688632.xmlKaushik: To comprehend means to understand, often deeply and completely. To perceive means &quot;to see.&quot; I can see something and not understand it. Often perceive carries with it the meaning of being aware of, and beginning to understand something.http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetween/wvcmp/post.htmThu, 19 Mar 2009 15:49:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:688617Anonymous3http://www.englishforums.com/English/DifferenceBetween/wvcmp/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-688617.xmlsir /madam IAM KAUSHIK.WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMPREHENSION AND PERCEPTION