Recognizing
Understanding and recognizing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Understanding" instead an adjective "Recognizing".
Understanding
Understanding adjective - Having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another.
Recognizing and understanding are semantically related. You can use "Recognizing" instead an adjective "Understanding".
Mutual synonyms
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- This is long before they start encountering things they have no context for understanding or recognizing at all, such as music, love, or the concept of civilians.
Source: Your Normal Is Our Taboo -
Waldemar, recognizing his diverse understanding of commercial art, photography, and machinery, encouraged Max to dedicate time to improving the quality of animated films.
Source: Creator / Max and Dave Fleischer - Villain Has a Point: His complete bastardry aside, Novel Notion makes the point that the Order Triune was horrible at recognizing genuine threats and understanding when a threat has truly passed.
Source: Fan Fic / The Dresden Fillies
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