How do you differ wisdom from knowledge?

Question

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Answer 1

Knowledge comes from study and gives people the ability to develop advanced skills and abilities. Wisdom involves a broader understanding of life and how the world works as well as the ability to avoid being distracted by the extraneous and get to the heart of the matter at hand.

Answer 2

Knowledge is being aware that fire can burn; wisdom is remembering the blister
— Unknown

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
— Isaac Asimov

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.
— Jimi Hendrix

We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
— Michel Montaigne (1533-1592)

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.
— Alexander Graham Bell

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
— Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. A man can find it, he can live it, he can be filled and sustained by it, but he cannot utter or teach it.
— Hermann Hesse

Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age
— Proverb

Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, the mere materials with which wisdom builds, till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, does but encumber whom it seems to enrich.
— William Cowper

Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back an a-ss
— Japanese Proverb

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
— Sandra Carey

The only source of knowledge is experience.
—Confucius

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience . . . well that comes from poor judgment.
— Rita Mae Brown

Answer 3

Knowledge is knowing facts-Wisdom is knowing how to make the best use of the knowledge to achieve the desired outcome or avoid an undesirable outcome. Making use of the knowledge with actions is wisdom.

Answer 4

We get wisdom from the knowledge.

Answer 5

Knowledge ability make one knower of a subject/many subjects in a field &/or diffferent fields.It makes one informative.E.g one is informative about a subject,subject issues/chapters.
wisdom comes out of experience in applying a subject knowledge (subject dictates).Wisdom makes one wise. wisdom is a product of experience.All the knowledgable people need not of experience (they may do parroting on subject knowledge).Truly wise & person with wisdom knows the limits of subject & its knowledge as well as its place amongst other subjects.wise person will be really knowledgeable on subject by assimmilating the subject in a right way & applying its true wisdom.

Answer 6

knowledge is quanitative, and wisdom is qualitative.

knowledge is something that you can get from books or just through someone telling you. you can have knowledge of ANYTHING, but is mostly informational. you cannot have knowledge of love or hatred, but you can have wisdom in dealing with these subjects.

wisdom is something you gain from experience, through your own trials and tribulations. it is something that you have learned and grown from as a result, usually life lessons. wisdom usually implies some kind of personal or moral revelation, not informational. you cannot be wise in math or physics, but can be knowledgable about it.

both can help you make smarter choices.

Answer 7

Wisdom- generally accepted belief, opinion, judgment, or prediction about a particular matter; while Knowledge- the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association, acquaintance with or understanding of a science, art, or technique, or the circumstance or condition of apprehending truth or fact through reasoning.

Answer 8

Knowledge is what you have learned. Wisdom is knowing how and when to use it effectively.

Answer 9

Knowledge is what you've learnt from an experience. Wisdom is making sure you don't make the same mistake again.

Answer 10

Wisdom is a past tense version of knowledge.