In general usage, “sense” and “feel” have the same meaning. However, in special usage, they do not. For example, “I sense pain” is a little bit different from “I feel pain“.
I feel pain
~ I sense that my body is hurt
~ My mind has got the data “my body is hurt”
I sense pain
~ I sense that I feel pain
~ I sense that I sense that my body is hurt
~ My mind has got the data “I feel pain”
sensing ~ getting data of the outside world
feeling ~ a state of the mind
— Me@2013-11-16 3:43 PM
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