intuition vs understanding

intuition

noun
  • Immediate cognition without the use of conscious rational processes. 

  • A perceptive insight gained by the use of this faculty. 

understanding

noun
  • The act of one that understands or comprehends; comprehension; knowledge; discernment. 

  • Opinion, judgement or outlook. 

  • An informal contract; mutual agreement. 

  • A reconciliation of differences. 

  • Sympathy. 

  • Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer. 

adj
  • Showing compassion, tolerance, and forbearance. 

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