what is the difference between knowledge and wisdom?

Answer 1

Books contain the ingrediants to obtain knowledge. Wisdom is what you get when you have practice using that knowledge.

Tons of people have knowledge. Very few have wisdom

Answer 2

Knowledge is the knowing of something. Wisdom is the ability to use knowledge in a thoughtful, useful way.

Answer 3

Knowledge is about having information regarding certain matter and subjects that not everybody has, like information that is not innate in human beings.
But wisdom is being able to act in a certain situation, learning from your experiences and being experienced in general.
A beggar may not have any knowledge and be dubbed 'stupid,' but he may have a lot of wisdom and know how to approach the hardships of life, how to deal with painful emotions such as those he has sustained during his life, how to look positively at the crap that life throws at you and how just to be happy with the little things you have, something which many knowledgeable upper-class people might never know and be able to handle.

Answer 4

I believe that the difference between Knowledge and Wisdom is that Knowledge is to know practical stuff such as math, But wisdom is know about life and all it's hardships.

Answer 5

Knowledge resides in the mind, Wisdom lives in the heart.

Answer 6

knowledge is what you know about a thing .what you understand on any givin subject. but wisdom on the other hand is wise counsel on the subject such as you may know how to operate a thing but do you understand the out come of your decision to initiate your knowledge on the subject wisdom would come from a concious decision to initiate a knowledgeable decision to impliment action or decison for an desired outcome.knowledge is learned and wisdom earned.

Answer 7

Knowledge is having information about anything and by studying a subject you can gain Knowledge about it. Wisdom is insight on a subject that can only be gained by personal life experiences, it can not be gained from a book. At least that is what Yoda told me :)

Answer 8

Roughly speaking, knowledge can be considered a grasp of raw facts, whereas wisdom is knowing how to apply those facts for practical good ends, and to understand the relative values of things and their appropriate places in the general scheme of things (to know how to apply knowledge for evil ends is not wisdom, but is termed "carnal prudence").




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Answer 9

Anyone can gain knowledge - we store it in books and on the internet. It's what you do with it due to the combination of your experiences and humanity that turns it into wisdom.

Answer 10

knowledge is something you learn from a book.......wisdom is through experiences.......you can be really smart from the knowledge you read but not have wisdom which is learned throughout a lifetime of personal experiences.