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Touch or Feel?
What Is the Difference between "Touch" and "Feel"?
"Touch" and "feel" are easy to confuse, especially for English learners.- "Touch" means to come in contact physically with something. For example:
- If you touch the wire, you lose.
- "Feel" means to touch something to learn about it. For example:
- Feel the shark's skin. It is rougher than it looks.

More about "Touch" and "Feel"
"Touch" and "feel" have similar meanings, but there is a subtle difference between them.Touch
The verb "to touch" means to make physical contact with something (usually with the hand or finger).Example sentences with "touch":
- The paint is wet. Do not touch it.
- For a moment, our fingers touched.
- Your painting touched me.

Feel
The verb "to feel" means to be aware of something (or to learn about something) by touching it. It also means to experience an emotion or sensation.Example sentences with "feel":
- Feel the softness of this material.
- I feel excited for the holiday.
Even More about "Touch" and "Feel"
Here, for completeness, are all five forms of the verb "to touch":No. | Verb Form | Example |
---|---|---|
1 | Base Form | touch |
2 | The -S Form (also called the Third Person Singular Present Tense Form) | touches |
3 | Past Form | touched |
4 | The -ING Form (also called the Present Participle Form) | touching |
5 | The Past Participle Form | touched |
No. | Verb Form | Example |
---|---|---|
1 | Base Form | feel |
2 | The -S Form (also called the Third Person Singular Present Tense Form) | feels |
3 | Past Form | felt |
4 | The -ING Form (also called the Present Participle Form) | feeling |
5 | The Past Participle Form | felt |
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