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Perceive vs Cognisance - What's the difference?

perceive | cognisance |

As a verb perceive

is to see, to be aware of, to understand.

As a noun cognisance is

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perceive

English

Alternative forms

* (obsolete)

Verb

  • To see, to be aware of, to understand.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
    • , author=Colin Allen , title=Do I See What You See? , volume=100, issue=2, page=168 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.}}

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * perception * percept

    References

    *

    cognisance

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • * 1919, , Duckworth, hardback edition, page 28
    • She has no real cognisance , dear lambkin, of anything at all.