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Shimmering vs Knowing - What's the difference?

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Shimmering is a related term of knowing.


As verbs the difference between shimmering and knowing

is that shimmering is while knowing is .

As nouns the difference between shimmering and knowing

is that shimmering is a gleam or glimmer while knowing is the act or condition of having knowledge.

As an adjective knowing is

possessing knowledge or understanding; intelligent.

shimmering

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A gleam or glimmer.
    • (Chaucer)
    (Webster 1913)

    knowing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Possessing knowledge or understanding; intelligent.
  • * South
    • The knowing and intelligent part of the world.
  • Shrewd or showing clever awareness.
    • a knowing rascal
  • Suggestive of private knowledge.
  • Deliberate

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * knowingly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or condition of having knowledge.
  • * 2009 , Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition (page 194)
    • Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings .