cognizance vs awareness

cognizance and awareness both are nouns.

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

As nouns, cognizance and awareness are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of cognizance include cognisance, consciousness, knowingness.

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