Knowing vs Doing - What's the difference?
knowing | doing |
Possessing knowledge or understanding; intelligent.
* South
Shrewd or showing clever awareness.
Suggestive of private knowledge.
Deliberate
The act or condition of having knowledge.
* 2009 , Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition (page 194)
A deed or action, especially when somebody is held responsible for it.
The sound made by an elastic object when struck by or striking a hard object.
As verbs the difference between knowing and doing
is that knowing is while doing is (rare|chiefly|netherlands|nonstandard).As an adjective knowing
is possessing knowledge or understanding; intelligent.As a noun knowing
is the act or condition of having knowledge.knowing
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The knowing and intelligent part of the world.
- a knowing rascal
Verb
(head)Derived terms
* knowinglyNoun
(en noun)- Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings .
doing
English
Alternative forms
* (pedantic)Etymology 1
See (do).Noun
(en noun)- This is his doing . (= "He did it.")