Intelligence
Intelligence noun - The ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems.
Knowing and intelligence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Knowing" instead a noun "Intelligence".
Knowing
Knowing noun - A clear and certain mental apprehension.
Intelligence and knowing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Intelligence" instead a noun "Knowing".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Harvey began as a dumb jock who mistakenly thought Libby was nice, before gaining some more intelligence in Season 2 and knowing exactly what a nasty piece of work she was.
- The joke goes that Intelligence is knowing tomatoes are a fruit, wisdom is knowing tomatoes don't belong in a fruit salad.
Source: Too Dumb to Fool - If you get all 30 audio files, you will actually end up knowing more about what's going on than the intelligence officer who gave you your mission!
Source: Golden Ending
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