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Erudition vs Cognition - What's the difference?

erudition | cognition |

As nouns the difference between erudition and cognition

is that erudition is erudition while cognition is the process of knowing.

erudition

English

(wikipedia erudition)

Noun

(-)
  • Profound knowledge, especially that based on learning and scholarship.

    • Synonyms

    * (profound knowledge) knowledge, information, learning, lore, scholarship, scholarism

    Related terms

    * erudite

    External links

    * * *

    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