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Cognition vs Comprehension - What's the difference?

cognition | comprehension |

As nouns the difference between cognition and comprehension

is that cognition is the process of knowing while comprehension is thorough understanding.

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

    comprehension

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • thorough understanding
  • (logic) The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
  • (computing) a compact syntax for generating a list in some functional programming languages

    • Synonyms

    * understanding

    Related terms

    * comprehend * comprehensibility * comprehensible * comprehensive * comprehensiveness