mental faculty vs understanding

understanding vs mental faculty

mental faculty and understanding both are nouns.

mental faculty is not an adjective while understanding is an adjective.

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

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

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

mental 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 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

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

Difference between mental faculty and understanding

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