cognitive factor vs knowledge

cognitive factor and knowledge both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cognitive factor	Yes	No	No	No
knowledge	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, knowledge is a hypernym of cognitive factor; that is, knowledge is a word with a broader meaning than cognitive factor:

cognitive factor: something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result
knowledge: the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

Other hypernyms of cognitive factor include cognition, noesis.

cognitive factor (noun)	knowledge (noun)
something immaterial (as a circumstance or influence) that contributes to producing a result	the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning