The difference between Information and Knowledge

When used as nouns, information means that which resolves uncertainty, whereas knowledge means the fact of knowing about something.

Knowledge is also verb with the meaning: to confess as true.

check bellow for the other definitions of Information and Knowledge

  1. Information as a noun:

    That which resolves uncertainty; anything that answers the question of "what a given entity is".

  2. Information as a noun:

    Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.

    Examples:

    "I need some more information about this issue."

  3. Information as a noun:

    The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification.

    Examples:

    "For your information, I did this because I wanted to."

  4. Information as a noun (legal):

    A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform a magistrate of an offence and request a warrant; in the US, an accusation brought before a judge without a grand jury indictment.

  5. Information as a noun (obsolete):

    The act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation.

  6. Information as a noun (now, _, rare):

    The systematic imparting of knowledge; education, training.

  7. Information as a noun (now, _, rare):

    The creation of form; the imparting of a given quality or characteristic; forming, animation.

  8. Information as a noun (computing):

    […] the meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its representation.

  9. Information as a noun (Christianity):

    Divine inspiration.

  10. Information as a noun:

    A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber.

  11. Information as a noun (information theory):

    Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the .

  12. Information as a noun:

    As contrasted with data, information is processed to extract relevant data.

  13. Information as a noun (information technology):

    Any ordered sequence of symbols (or signals) (that could contain a message).

  1. Knowledge as a noun:

    The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.

    Examples:

    "His knowledge of Iceland was limited to what he'd seen on the Travel Channel."

  2. Knowledge as a noun:

    Awareness of a particular fact or situation; a state of having been informed or made aware of something.

  3. Knowledge as a noun:

    Intellectual understanding; the state of appreciating truth or information.

    Examples:

    "'Knowledge consists in recognizing the difference between good and bad decisions."

  4. Knowledge as a noun:

    Familiarity or understanding of a particular skill, branch of learning etc.

    Examples:

    "Does your friend have any knowledge of hieroglyphs, perchance?"

    "A secretary should have a good knowledge of shorthand."

  5. Knowledge as a noun (philosophical):

    Justified true belief

  6. Knowledge as a noun (archaic, or, legal):

    Sexual intimacy or intercourse (now usually in phrase ).

  7. Knowledge as a noun (obsolete):

    Information or intelligence about something; notice.

  8. Knowledge as a noun:

    The total of what is known; all information and products of learning.

    Examples:

    "His library contained the accumulated knowledge of the Greeks and Romans."

  9. Knowledge as a noun (countable):

    Something that can be known; a branch of learning; a piece of information; a science.

  10. Knowledge as a noun (obsolete):

    Acknowledgement.

  11. Knowledge as a noun (obsolete):

    Notice, awareness.

  12. Knowledge as a noun (UK, informal):

    The deep familiarity with certain routes and places of interest required by taxicab drivers working in London, England.

  1. Knowledge as a verb (obsolete):

    To confess as true; to acknowledge.

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