Recognise vs Known - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between recognise and known

is that recognise is to match something or someone which one currently perceives to a memory of some previous encounter with the same entity while known is .

As an adjective known is

identified as a specific type; renowned, famous.

As a noun known is

in algebra, a variable or constant whose value is already determined.

recognise

English

Alternative forms

* recognize (US )

Verb

(recognis)

To match something or someone which one currently perceives to a memory of some previous encounter with the same entity.

To acknowledge the existence or legality of something; treat as worthy of consideration or valid.

To acknowledge or consider as something.

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, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul.}}

To realise or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in; realise or admit that.

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, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad, chapter=4 citation , passage=“[…] That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded. […]”}}

To give an award.

Anagrams

known

English

Adjective

identified as a specific type; renowned, famous.

* He was a known pickpocket.

ed, accepted, familiar.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Stephen P. Lownie], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/david-m-pelz David M. Pelz

, magazine=(American Scientist), title= Stents to Prevent Stroke , passage=As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known , but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.}}

Antonyms

* unknown

Verb

(head)

External links

* (know)

Noun

(en noun)

In algebra, a variable or constant whose value is already determined.

Any fact or situation which is known or familiar.

* 2012 , Thomas Dougherty, Antibiotic Discovery and Development (volume 1, page 39)

The biological dereplication tool may identify major knowns in a mixture, but it may miss novel minor components.

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* English irregular past participles