Know vs. Knowing — What's the Difference?

Be aware of through observation, inquiry, or information

Possessing knowledge, information, or understanding

Have developed a relationship with (someone) through meeting and spending time with them; be familiar or friendly with

Showing clever awareness and resourcefulness; shrewd and worldly

Have sexual intercourse with (someone).

Suggestive of secret or private knowledge

To perceive directly; grasp in the mind with clarity or certainty.

Deliberate; conscious

To regard as true beyond doubt

(Archaic) Fashionable; stylish

To have a practical understanding of, as through experience; be skilled in

Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent.

To have fixed in the mind

Deliberate, wilful.

To have experience of

Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning.

To perceive as familiar; recognize

Demonstrating knowledge of what is in fashion; stylish, chic.

To be acquainted with

The ability to know something without being taught.

To be able to distinguish; recognize as distinct

Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding.

To discern the character or nature of

Given my knowledge about someone or something.

(Archaic) To have sexual intercourse with.

Present participle of know

To possess knowledge, understanding, or information.

The act or condition of having knowledge.

To be cognizant or aware.

Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing dog.

(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of or that.

Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal.

(transitive) To be aware of; to be cognizant of.

Knowledge; hence, experience.

(transitive) To be acquainted or familiar with; to have encountered.

Clear and certain mental apprehension

(transitive) To experience.

Evidencing the possession of inside information

(transitive) To be able to distinguish, to discern, particularly by contrast or comparison; to recognize the nature of.}}

By conscious design or purpose;

(transitive) To recognize as the same (as someone or something previously encountered) after an absence or change.

Alert and fully informed;

To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.

Highly educated; having extensive information or understanding;

To have sexual relations with. This meaning normally specified in modern English as e.g. to ’know someone in the biblical sense’ or to ‘know biblically.’

(intransitive) To have knowledge; to have information, be informed.

(intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.

To be acquainted (with another person).

(transitive) To be able to play or perform (a song or other piece of music).

(rare) Knowledge; the state of knowing.

Knowledge; the state of knowing; now confined to the fixed phrase ‘in the know’

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To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.

To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.

To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization.

To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure.

To have sexual intercourse with.

To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; - often with of.

To be assured; to feel confident.

Be cognizant or aware of a fact or a specific piece of information; possess knowledge or information about;

Know how to do or perform something;

Be aware of the truth of something; have a belief or faith in something; regard as true beyond any doubt;

Be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object;

Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations;

Accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept his power and authority;

Have fixed in the mind;

Have sexual intercourse with;

Know the nature or character of;

Be able to distinguish, recognize as being different;

Perceive as familiar;