cognition vs brain

brain vs cognition

cognition and brain both are nouns.

cognition is not a verb while brain is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cognition	Yes	No	No	No
brain	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, brain is a hyponym of cognition; that is, brain is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cognition:

cognition: the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
brain: that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

Other hyponyms of cognition include head, mind, nous, psyche, place, general knowledge, public knowledge, episteme, ability, power, inability, lexis, lexicon, mental lexicon, vocabulary, practice, cognitive factor, equivalent, cognitive operation, cognitive process, mental process, operation, process, process, unconscious process, perception, structure, cognitive content, content, mental object, information, history, attitude, mental attitude.

cognition (noun)	brain (noun)
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning	that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord
	mental ability
	that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason
	the brain of certain animals used as meat
	someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

cognition (verb)	brain (verb)
	hit on the head
	kill by smashing someone's skull

Difference between cognition and brain

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