Cognition vs Conative - What's the difference?

As a noun cognition

is the process of knowing.

of or pertaining to a striving action.

(wikipedia cognition)

The process of knowing.

(countable) A result of a cognitive process.

* precognition

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* incognito

* connative

(-)

Of or pertaining to a striving action.

The conative , as opposed to the cognitive or affective, relates to purposeful, but not necessarily ultimately rational, action.

* conational