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Cognition vs Cognation - What's the difference?

cognition | cognation |

As nouns the difference between cognition and cognation

is that cognition is the process of knowing while cognation is a cognate relationship.

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

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    Anagrams

    * incognito

    cognation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a cognate relationship
  • * 1662 , , Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 54:
    • " these stones, I say, gratifie our sight, as having a nearer cognation with the Soul of Man, that is Rational and Intellectual, and therefore is well pleased when it meets with any outward Object that fits and agrees with those congenite Ideas her own nature is furnished with."