Cognizant vs Mindful - What's the difference?
cognizant | mindful |
Aware; fully informed; having understanding
Being aware ((of) something); attentive, heedful.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=December 10
, author=Marc Higginson
, title=Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa
, work=BBC Sport
(obsolete) Inclined (to do something).
*1596 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , V.5:
*:These noble warriors, mindefull to pursew / The last daies purpose of their vowed fight, / Them selves thereto preparde in order dew […].
Mindful is a synonym of cognizant.
As adjectives the difference between cognizant and mindful
is that cognizant is aware; fully informed; having understanding while mindful is being aware ({{term|of}} something); attentive, heedful.cognizant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The defendant is cognizant that this is a serious charge.
Antonyms
* unwittingSee also
* cognisant * cognizemindful
English
Alternative forms
* mindefull, mindfull (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Alex McLeish, perhaps mindful of the flak he has been taking from sections of the Villa support for a perceived negative style of play, handed starts to wingers Charles N'Zogbia and Albrighton.}}