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Difference between Have a feeling about something and Have a feeling for something

have a feeling about somethinghave an emotional attitude towards smth.; harbor a prejudice or fear about smth.:

  • I don’t want to be in a train crash. But I have a very bad feeling about this train.

have a feeling for somethinghave taste or sensitivity for smth.; have an understanding of smth.:

  • Most women have some rudimentary feeling for dress, but Charlotte was born without dress-sense.