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Cognize vs Cognition - What's the difference?

cognize | cognition |

As a verb cognize

is to know or be aware of.

As a noun cognition is

the process of knowing.

cognize

English

Alternative forms

* cognise (non-Oxford British spelling)

Verb

(cogniz)
  • To know or be aware of.
  • * 1934 , :
    • [T]hey must possess organs of sight—some method of cognizing their environment—akin to that of vision in man.
  • To select a pattern of information and assign it as an entity.

    • Related terms

    * recognize

    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