Unaware vs Unknown - What's the difference?
unaware | unknown |
not aware or informed; lacking knowledge
Not noticing; paying no heed; thoughtless; inattentive.
Not known; unidentified; not well known.
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(algebra) A variable (usually x'', ''y'' or ''z ) whose value is to be found.
Any fact or place about which nothing is known (as in the phrase "into the unknown").
A person of no identity; a nonentity
* 1965 , (Bob Dylan), (Like a Rolling Stone)
As adjectives the difference between unaware and unknown
is that unaware is not aware or informed; lacking knowledge while unknown is not known; unidentified; not well known.As a noun unknown is
a variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.unaware
English
Adjective
(-)- I'm unaware of the answer to that question.
- Luckily, she was unaware that I'd spent the last five years in prison.
- (Jonathan Swift)
Derived terms
* unawares adverbunknown
English
Adjective
(-)Synonyms
* anonymous * unfamiliar * uncharted * undiscovered * unexplored * unidentified * unnamed * unrecognized * unrevealed * unascertained * obscure * unsungNoun
(en noun)- How does it feel
- To be on your own
- With no direction home
- Like a complete unknown
- Like a rolling stone?