faculty vs understanding

understanding vs faculty

faculty and understanding both are nouns.

faculty is not an adjective while understanding is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
faculty	Yes	No	No	No
understanding	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

faculty: one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
understanding: the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

Other hyponyms of faculty include attention, language, speech, memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity, intellect, reason, sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency, volition, will.

faculty (noun)	understanding (noun)
one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind	the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
the body of teachers and administrators at a school	the cognitive condition of someone who understands
	an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
	the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

faculty (adjective)	understanding (adjective)
	characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy

Difference between faculty and understanding

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