Conversant vs. Knowledgeable — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Conversant and Knowledgeable
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Conversant
Familiar or knowledgeable, as by study or experience
Conversant with medieval history.
Knowledgeable
Intelligent and well informed
She is very knowledgeable about livestock and pedigrees
Conversant
Closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction.
Knowledgeable
Possessing or showing knowledge or intelligence; perceptive and well-informed.
Conversant
Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed.
She is equally conversant with Shakespeare and the laws of physics.
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Knowledgeable
Having knowledge, especially of a particular subject.
A knowledgeable man
Conversant
(obsolete) Concerned; occupied.
Knowledgeable
Educated and well informed.
Conversant
One who converses with another.
Knowledgeable
(India) A person who has knowledge; an informed party.
Conversant
Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary associated; intimately acquainted.
I have been conversant with the first persons of the age.
Knowledgeable
Thoroughly acquainted with and skilled in something through study or experience; as, knowledgeable in classical languages. Opposite of unversed, unacquainted, and unfamiliar.
Conversant
Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed; - generally used with with, sometimes with in.
Deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy.
He uses the different dialects as one who had been conversant with them all.
Conversant only with the ways of men.
Knowledgeable
Fully informed.
Conversant
Concerned; occupied.
Education . . . is conversant about children.
Knowledgeable
Highly educated; having information or understanding.
Conversant
One who converses with another; a convenser.
Knowledgeable
Highly educated; having extensive information or understanding;
An enlightened public
Knowing instructors
A knowledgeable critic
A knowledgeable audience
Conversant
(usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly;
Conversant with business trends
Familiar with the complex machinery
He was familiar with those roads
Knowledgeable
Thoroughly acquainted with and skilled in something through study or experience;
Well versed in classical languages
Knowledgeable
Alert and fully informed;
Politically aware
A knowing collector of rare books
The most...technically aware of the novelists under thirty
Surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on
Knowledgeable
Thoroughly acquainted with through study or experience;
This girl, so intimate with nature
KnowledgeaIble about the technique of painting
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