cognition vs information

information vs cognition

cognition and information both are nouns.

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

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

cognition: the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
information: knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

Other hyponyms of cognition include brain, 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, history, attitude, mental attitude.

cognition (noun)	information (noun)
the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning	(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
	knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
	a message received and understood
	formal accusation of a crime
	a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn

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