Difference Between Information And Knowledge
The main dissimilarities or difference between information and knowledge can be pointed out as follows:
1. Introduction
Information: List of data and facts presented systematically to provide some meaning about something.
Knowledge: Objective information, skills and awareness obtained through learning, discovering and experience
2. Refers To
Information: Processed data, clues, and facts about something
Knowledge: What we know
3. Transferable
Information: it can be transferred from one person or device to another
Knowledge: It cannot be transferred easily without learning process
4. Contains
Information: It contains data, clues, facts and assumptions
Knowledge: It contains information, learning and experience
5. Reproducible
Information: Yes
Knowledge: No
6. Deals With
Information: Raw data, facts and clues
Knowledge: It deals with information
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7. Cognitive Ability
Information: Not required
Knowledge: Requires
8. Save Or Store
Information: It can be saved or stored
Knowledge: It cannot be saved or stored.
Information Vs Knowledge (Comparison Chart)
I hope this post is helpful to understand the difference between information and knowledge and to make comparison between them.
Information Vs Knowledge (Comparison Chart)
Basis For Difference
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Information
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Knowledge
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Introduction
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Presentation of data and fact in meaningful manner
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Information, skills and awareness obtained through learning
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Refers To
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Refined, data, clues and facts
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What someone knows
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Transferable
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Yes
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No
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Contains
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Assumptions, data, clues etc
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Information, learning and experience
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Reproducible
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Yes
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No
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Cognitive Ability
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Not required
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Required
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Save/Store
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Possible
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Impossible
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Deals With
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Raw Data
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Information
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I hope this post is helpful to understand the difference between information and knowledge and to make comparison between them.
