Knowing vs Knows - What's the difference?
knowing | knows |
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)
(know)
(nonstandard) All persons, singular and plural, present form of know.
As verbs the difference between knowing and knows
is that knowing is while knows is (know).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 .
knows
English
Verb
(head)- I knows''' just what they '''knows .