Knowledge and Misunderstanding

Knowledge

Knowledge noun - A body of facts learned by study or experience.

Misunderstanding is an antonym for knowledge in topics: consciousness, information.

Nearby Word: knowledgeable

Misunderstanding

Misunderstanding noun - A failure to understand correctly.
Usage example: people once thought that there were canals on Mars because of a common misunderstanding of a report by an Italian astronomer

Knowledge is an antonym for misunderstanding.

Nearby Word: misunderstand

How words are described

human human knowledge human misunderstanding
special special knowledge special misunderstanding
common common knowledge common misunderstanding
certain certain knowledge certain misunderstanding
Other adjectives: real, little, general, cultural, modern.

Both words in one sentence

  • However, Harvey's knowledge of that misunderstanding as an adult hasn't cured him, and getting betrayed, nearly killed and grotesquely scarred only makes things worse...
  • Jade started off in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, but has since moved to greener pastures after an unfortunate misunderstanding.Knowledge of a given setting is not required and may actually be harmful.
  • Apparently, even ten years after the Earth-Minbari War, all the details of the misunderstanding that kicked it off are still not common knowledge in the Earth Alliance, due to the Minbari's poor communication skills.
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