Cognisance vs Memory - What's the difference?
cognisance | memory | Related terms |
* 1919, , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 28
(uncountable) The ability of an organism to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will.
* (rfdate) Albert Schweitzer
A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.
(computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
(attributive, of a material) which returns to its original
(obsolete) A memorial.
* Shakespeare
Cognisance is a related term of memory.
As nouns the difference between cognisance and memory
is that cognisance is while memory is (uncountable) the ability of an organism to record information about things or events with the facility of recalling them later at will.cognisance
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Noun
(head)- She has no real cognisance , dear lambkin, of anything at all.
memory
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Alternative forms
* memorie (archaic)Noun
- Memory is a facility common to all animals.
- Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory .
- I have no memory of that event.
- This data passes from the CPU to the memory .
- in recent memory'''''; ''in living '''memory
- These weeds are memories of those worser hours.