Cognizant vs. Conscious: What's the Difference?
Cognizant and Conscious Definitions
Cognizant
Fully informed; conscious.
Conscious
Characterized by or having an awareness of one's environment and one's own existence, sensations, and thoughts.
Cognizant
; fully informed; having understanding of a fact.
The defendant is cognizant that this is a serious charge.
Conscious
Mentally perceptive or alert; awake
The patient remained fully conscious after the local anesthetic was administered.
Cognizant
; self-aware.
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Conscious
Capable of thought, will, or perception
The development of conscious life on the planet.
Cognizant
Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).
Conscious
Subjectively known or felt
Conscious remorse.
Cognizant
(usually followed by `of') having knowledge or understanding;
Our youth are cognizant of the law
I am well aware of his limitations
Conscious
Intentionally conceived or done; deliberate
A conscious insult.
Made a conscious effort to speak more clearly.
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Conscious
Inwardly attentive or sensitive to something
As he spoke, he became increasingly conscious of his high-pitched voice.
Conscious
Showing awareness of or preoccupation with something. Often used in combination
A cost-conscious approach to health care.
A value-conscious shopper.
Conscious
In psychoanalysis, the component of waking awareness perceptible by a person at any given instant; consciousness.
Conscious
Alert, awake; with one's mental faculties active.
The noise woke me, but it was another few minutes before I was fully conscious.
Conscious
Aware of one's own existence; aware of one's own awareness.
Only highly intelligent beings can be fully conscious.
Conscious
Aware of, sensitive to; observing and noticing, or being strongly interested in or concerned about.
I was conscious of a noise behind me.
A very class-conscious analysis
Conscious
Deliberate, intentional, done with awareness of what one is doing.
Conscious
Known or felt personally, internally by a person.
Conscious guilt
Conscious
(rare) Self-conscious, or aware of wrongdoing, feeling guilty.
Passage=They found Aunt Carrol with the old lady, both absorbed in some very interesting subject ; but they dropped it as the girls came in, with a conscious look which betrayed that they had been talking about their nieces.
Conscious
The part of the mind that is aware of itself; the consciousness.
Conscious
Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations.
Some are thinking or conscious beings, or have a power of thought.
Conscious
Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible.
Her conscious heart imputed suspicion where none could have been felt.
The man who breathes most healthilly is least conscious of his own breathing.
Conscious
Made the object of consciousness; known to one's self; as, conscious guilt.
With conscious terrors vex me round.
Conscious
Intentionally conceived;
A conscious effort to speak more slowly
A conscious policy
Conscious
Knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts;
Remained conscious during the operation
Conscious of his faults
Became conscious that he was being followed
Conscious
(followed by `of') showing realization or recognition of something;
Few voters seem conscious of the issue's importance
Conscious of having succeeded
The careful tread of one conscious of his alcoholic load
