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mental lexicon vs cognition

cognition vs mental lexicon

mental lexicon and cognition both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mental lexicon Yes No No No
cognition Yes No No No
As nouns, cognition is a hypernym of mental lexicon; that is, cognition is a word with a broader meaning than mental lexicon:
  • mental lexicon: a language user's knowledge of words
  • cognition: the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
Other hypernyms of mental lexicon include knowledge, noesis.
mental lexicon (noun) cognition (noun)
a language user's knowledge of words the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
Difference between mental lexicon and cognition

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