what the difference between knowledge and intelligence?

Question

um...just wondering.....

Answer 1

I agree. Knowledge is what you have been taught, what you have learned. Intelligence is what you do with it, how you apply it.

Answer 2

Without looking up the answer as most do online before they answer, I'll tell you what I've learned. Learned... interesting way to start out. Knowledge is LEARNED. Intelligence, or acumen, is our ABILITY to learn. In other words, let's use an analogy like eating. Knowledge/Learning is food, and intelligence/ability is your stomach. Knowledge:Food as Intelligence:Stomach

Kind of one of those things you'd see on an IQ test...
One thing is equal to, or the same as... How much you can learn depends merely on your appetite or how much food you can eat. Knowledge is the food of the soul they say, but w/o the proper intelligence to understand/CONSUME (stomach size), then all the information/data/schooling in the world won't matter or make a difference really if you don't have the adequate potential.

So, knowledge is everything in the world, all the information that is. Intelligence is your ability to absorb it and understand it.

Answer 3

In my opinion, I think intelligence and knowledge are both acquired but intelligence is more like knowledge applied-- knowledge in work. OR, I used to look at intelligence as a form of knowledge that is aquired via various aspects of the human experience, not just books or literature.

The two terms are almost defintitely interchangeable, unless you want to get philosophical about it. There used to be a time where I would really dissect the two terms, but, I am older now and realize I have spent too much of my life in deep thought and contemplation and none of those "deep concepts" really matter.

Answer 4

Knowledge is factual information, things you learn. It is part of intelligence, but not the only facet of it.

If you go with the theory that intelligence can be divided into crystal and fluid intelligence... crystal encompasses the knowledge (facts, information, recall, etc). Fluid intelligence is application, adaptation, and problem solving.

The Wechsler scales look at a lot of different areas in determining IQ, they divide it into verbal and performance scores, and these are derived from several subtests, which also include processing speed, retention, and others.

Here is a decent summary of the WAIS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wechsler_Adult_Intelligence_Scale

Answer 5

Knowledge is information one has processed, gained. Intelligence is the ability to gather knowledge. So if someone is very intelligent, they are able to absorb, learn more complex information. Intelligence is fairly stable over lifetime, knowledge level is more fluid, hope this helps

Answer 6

Knowledge is what is known. Like the related concepts truth, belief, and wisdom, there is no single definition of knowledge on which scholars agree, but rather numerous theories and continued debate about the nature of knowledge.

Knowledge acquisition involves complex cognitive processes: perception, learning, communication, association, and reasoning. The term knowledge is also used to mean the confident understanding of a subject, potentially with the ability to use it for a specific purpose.


Intelligence is a property of mind that encompasses many related mental abilities, such as the capacities to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend ideas and language, and learn. In common parlance, the term smart, metaphorically used is frequently the synonym of situational and behavioral (i.e. observed and context dependent) intelligence.

Although many regard the concept of intelligence as having a much broader scope, for example in cognitive science and computer science, in some schools of psychology, the study of intelligence generally regards this trait as distinct from creativity, personality, character, or wisdom.

Here's the link for Knowledge :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge

Here's the link for Intelligence :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent

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Answer 7

Intelligence is the ability to gather, process, and use knowledge. Knowledge is the information learned from study or experience.

Answer 8

Knowing is not enough; we must apply that is where intelligence (or wisdom) comes in!

It is a thousand times better to have wisdom without education than to have education without wisdom. There would be no point of having the education of knowledge (knowing facts -or things) and not having the intelligence to use it in any way.

Answer 9

All of those could particularly be a private meaning using fact the dictionary version will probably all be an analogous. wisdom to me is the understanding of info a pair of specific undertaking in many circumstances an academic style of factor. information could be extra of an information of people and how the worldwide works. Intelligence could be a mix of the two

Answer 10

Knowledge is what life has taught you. Intelligence is your ability to gain more knowledge and apply it to your life.

Answer 11

Knowledge is data. Intelligence is processing speed.