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Cognition vs Cogitation - What's the difference?

cognition | cogitation |

In countable terms the difference between cognition and cogitation

is that cognition is a result of a cognitive process while cogitation is a carefully considered thought.

As nouns the difference between cognition and cogitation

is that cognition is the process of knowing while cogitation is the process of cogitating; thought, deliberation or meditation.

cognition

English

Noun

(wikipedia cognition)
  • The process of knowing.
  • (countable) A result of a cognitive process.

    • Related terms

    * cognitive * cognometrics * cognizant * recognize

    Derived terms

    * precognition

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

    * incognito

    cogitation

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The process of cogitating; thought, deliberation or meditation
  • (countable) A carefully considered thought

    • Quotations

    * 1848 Basil Montagu - The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the Author by Basil Montagu - Page 212 *: Aristotle saith well, "Words are the images of cogitations , and letters are the images of words"

    See also

    * cogitate