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Knack vs Gist - What's the difference?

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Knack is a related term of gist.


As nouns the difference between knack and gist

is that knack is a traditional swedish toffee prepared at christmas while gist is the most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux of a matter.

As verbs the difference between knack and gist

is that knack is while gist is to summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of.

knack

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity.
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
    • The sophist runs for conver to the darkness of what is not and attaches himself to it by some knack of his;
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    • , year=2011 , date=October 2 , author=Jonathan Jurejko , title=Bolton 1–5 Chelsea , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=And the Premier League's all-time top-goalscoring midfielder proved he has not lost the knack of being in the right place at the right time with a trio of clinical finishes.}}
  • A petty contrivance; a toy; a plaything; a knickknack.
  • Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity; a trick; a device.

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
    • (Bishop Hall)
  • To speak affectedly.
    • (Halliwell)

    gist

    English

    Noun

  • The most essential part; the main idea or substance (of a longer or more complicated matter); the crux of a matter
  • * 1948 , , Remembrance Rock , page 103,
    • "Should they live and build their church in the American wilderness, their worst dangers would rise in and among themselves rather than outside. That was the gist of the lesson from their pastor and "wellwiller" John Robinson."
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  • * 1996 , Nicky Silver, Etiquette and Vitriol , Theatre Communications Group 1996, p. 10:
    • I was really just vomiting images like spoiled sushi (that may be an ill-considered metaphor, but you get my gist ).
  • * 2003 , David McDuff, translating Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment , Penguin 2003 p. 183:
    • I don't remember his exact words, but the gist of it was that he wanted it all for nothing, as quickly as possible, without any effort.
  • (legal, dated) The essential ground for action in a suit, without which there is no cause of action.
  • (obsolete) Resting place (especially of animals), lodging.
  • * 1601 , (Philemon Holland)'s translation of (w, Pliny's Natural History) , 1st ed., book X, chapter XXIII “Of Swallowes, Ousles, or Merles, Thrushes, Stares or Sterlings, Turtles, and Stockdoves.”, p. 282:
    • These Quailes have their set gists', to wit, ordinarie resting and baiting places. [These quails have their set ' gists , to wit, ordinary resting and baiting places.]

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To summarize, to extract and present the most important parts of.
  • * 1873 , Journal of Proceedings and Addresses of the National Educational Association, session of the year 1872, at Boston, Massachusetts , page 201:
    • There are two general ways of getting information, and these two general ways may be summed up in this: take one branch of study and its principles are all gisted', they have been '''gisted''' by the accumulated thought of years gone by. These ' gisted thoughts are axioms, or received principles,
    (extract the most important) (trans-mid) (trans-bottom)

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    References

    * * “ gist” in (w, Bouvier's Law Dictionary), Revised 6th Ed , 1856. * ----