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understanding vs faculty

faculty vs understanding

understanding and faculty both are nouns.

understanding is an adjective but faculty is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
understanding Yes Yes No No
faculty Yes No No No
As nouns, faculty is a hypernym of understanding; that is, faculty is a word with a broader meaning than understanding:
  • understanding: the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
  • faculty: one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
Other hypernyms of understanding include mental faculty, module.
understanding (noun) faculty (noun)
the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
the cognitive condition of someone who understands the body of teachers and administrators at a school
an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion
the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises
understanding (adjective) faculty (adjective)
characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy
Difference between understanding and faculty

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