What are the adjectival words for the senses?

What are the adjectival words for the senses?

• A. Touch- Tactile; Sight- Optical; Hearing- Auditory; Smell- Olfactory; Taste- Gustation
• B. Touch- Tactile; Sight- Visual; Hearing- Acoustic; Smell- Olfactory; Taste- Gustation
• C. Touch- Haptic; Sight- Optical; Hearing- Auditory; Smell- Olfactory; Taste- Gustation
• D. Touch- Tactile; Sight- Optical; Hearing- Auditory; Smell- Olfactory; Taste- Gustatory

Answer: (A)

Understanding the adjectives used to name sensory modalities helps you describe sensory information precisely. The standard descriptors are tactile for touch, optical for sight, auditory for hearing, olfactory for smell, and gustatory for taste. This option pairs each sense with those descriptors: touch with tactile, sight with optical, hearing with auditory, smell with olfactory, and taste with gustation. The alignment is consistent and uses formal terminology across the senses, which is why it’s the best match. Other options mix in terms like visual or acoustic, or use the noun gustation instead of the adjective form, which makes them less uniform in this context.

Understanding the adjectives used to name sensory modalities helps you describe sensory information precisely. The standard descriptors are tactile for touch, optical for sight, auditory for hearing, olfactory for smell, and gustatory for taste. This option pairs each sense with those descriptors: touch with tactile, sight with optical, hearing with auditory, smell with olfactory, and taste with gustation. The alignment is consistent and uses formal terminology across the senses, which is why it’s the best match. Other options mix in terms like visual or acoustic, or use the noun gustation instead of the adjective form, which makes them less uniform in this context.