Learning vs Memorizing - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between learning and memorizing

is that learning is while memorizing is .

is (uncountable) an act in which something is learned.

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I'm learning to ride a unicycle.

(en-noun)

(uncountable) An act in which something is learned.

Learning to ride a unicycle sounds exciting.

(uncountable) Accumulated knowledge.

The department head was also a scholar of great learning .

(countable) Something that has been learned

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Countable sense “thing learned” often used in plural form (m); see for details.

* book-learning * higher learning * learning curve * learning disability * learning by doing

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