Knowing vs Perspicacious - What's the difference?
knowing | perspicacious | Related terms |
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)
(figuratively) Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
(obsolete) Able to physically see clearly; quick-sighted; sharp-sighted.
Knowing is a related term of perspicacious.
As adjectives the difference between knowing and perspicacious
is that knowing is possessing knowledge or understanding; intelligent while perspicacious is (figuratively) of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.As a verb knowing
is .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 .