sapient

As an adjective sapient

is possessing wisdom and discernment; wise, learned.

As a noun sapient

is (chiefly|science fiction) an intelligent, self-aware being.

As a verb savent is

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In chiefly science fiction terms the difference between sophont and sapient

is that sophont is an intelligent being; a being with a base reasoning capacity roughly equivalent to or greater than that of a human being. The word does not apply to machines unless they have true artificial intelligence, rather than mere processing capacity while sapient is an intelligent, self-aware being.

As an adjective sapient is

possessing wisdom and discernment; wise, learned.

As a verb sage

is first-person singular indicative present form of .

As an adjective sapient is

possessing wisdom and discernment; wise, learned.

As a noun sapient is

(chiefly|science fiction) an intelligent, self-aware being.

As adjectives the difference between sapient and nonsapient

is that sapient is possessing wisdom and discernment; wise, learned while nonsapient is not sapient.

As a noun sapient

is (chiefly|science fiction) an intelligent, self-aware being.