sense vs spirit

sense

noun
  • Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness. 

  • One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also polarity. 

  • A natural appreciation or ability. 

  • The way that a referent is presented. 

  • The meaning, reason, or value of something. 

  • A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary. 

  • Sound practical or moral judgment. 

  • Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste. 

  • referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product. 

  • One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise. 

  • Any particular meaning of a word, among its various meanings. 

verb
  • To instinctively be aware. 

  • To comprehend. 

  • To use biological senses: to either see, hear, smell, taste, or feel. 

spirit

noun
  • Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state. 

  • A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel. 

  • Energy; ardour. 

  • A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages. 

  • The manner or style of something. 

  • Stannic chloride. 

  • One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper. 

  • Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement. 

  • The soul of a person or other creature. 

  • Enthusiasm. 

verb
  • Sometimes followed by up: to animate with vigour; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit. 

  • To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery. 

How often have the words sense and spirit occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )