awareness vs cognizance

awareness and cognizance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
awareness	Yes	No	No	No
cognizance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, awareness and cognizance are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of awareness include cognisance, consciousness, knowingness.

awareness (noun)	cognizance (noun)
having knowledge of	having knowledge of
state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness	range of what one can know or understand
	range or scope of what is perceived