Understanding and Knowledge...

Understanding is very different from knowledge, even though it is made from knowledge. Understanding is a process that takes time and requires energy. Knowledge is familiarity with facts, which you may have learned through study, observations, or personal experience. Understanding you can distinguish or judge between two things. We could learn about something in great detail, accumulate many facts about it, and yet not really understand it. To understand something is to gain the meaning or essence of something. Understanding also implies being able to apply your understanding. Understanding is also called intellection, it is a psychological process related to an abstract or physical object, such as a person, situation, or message. Knowledge acquisition involves processes: perception, learning, and communication. The term knowledge is also used to mean the confident understanding of a subject with the ability to use it for a specific purpose.