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notion | lesson |

As nouns the difference between notion and lesson

is that notion is mental]] apprehension of whatever may be known, [[think|thought, or imagined; idea, concept while lesson is a section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.

As a verb lesson is

to give a lesson to; to teach.

notion

Noun

(en noun)
  • Mental]] apprehension of whatever may be known, [[think, thought, or imagined; idea, concept.
  • * (Isaac Newton) (1642-1727)
  • What hath been generally agreed on, I content myself to assume under the notion of principles.
  • * (George Cheyne) (1671-1743)
  • Few agree in their notions about these words.
  • * (Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)
  • That notion of hunger, cold, sound, color, thought, wish, or fear which is in the mind, is called the "idea" of hunger, cold, etc.
  • * (Alexander Hamilton) (ca.1756-1804)
  • Notion , again, signifies either the act of apprehending, signalizing, that is, the remarking or taking note of, the various notes, marks, or characters of an object which its qualities afford, or the result of that act.
  • A sentiment; an opinion.
  • * (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
  • The extravagant notion they entertain of themselves.
  • * (John Henry Newman) (1801-1890)
  • A perverse will easily collects together a system of notions to justify itself in its obliquity.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
  • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1 , passage=“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke
  • (label) Sense; mind. Shakespeare.
  • (label) An invention; an ingenious device; a knickknack.
  • Any small article used in sewing and haberdashery, such as a button or zipper.
  • (label) Inclination; intention; disposition.
  • See also

    * concept * conception * meaning

    lesson

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
  • A learning task assigned to a student; homework.
  • Something learned or to be learned.
  • Something that serves as a warning or encouragement.
  • A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.
  • A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
  • * Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
  • She would give her a lesson for walking so late.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
  • (music) An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.
  • Synonyms

    * (l) * (religious reading) lection

    Derived terms

    * object lesson * private lessons

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give a lesson to; to teach.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , III.vi:
  • her owne daughter Pleasure, to whom shee / Made her companion, and her lessoned / In all the lore of loue, and goodly womanhead.
  • * Byron
  • To rest the weary, and to soothe the sad, / Doth lesson happier men, and shame at least the bad.

    See also

    * (wikipedia "lesson") *