What's the difference between cognizant and unwitting?

Cognizant


Definition:

  • (a.) Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We feel that the change in the back table procedure has positively influenced the function of the hepatic allografts, and we conclude that transplant centers need to monitor the temperature at which all allografts are stored and prepared, and the cognizant that this may influence the postoperative function of the transplanted liver.
  • (2) In the future, researchers need to be cognizant of gender differences and consider men and women as separate populations.
  • (3) The trauma-ready practice must also be cognizant of the some-times perplexing legal and insurance issues with regard to preventing and treating sport-related injuries.
  • (4) The present study indicates that consultants need to be cognizant of such concerns to effectively assist such staff.
  • (5) Cognizance of all these alterations is essential if kidney problems in pregnancy are to be suspected, detected, and managed correctly.
  • (6) Other toxicities which can occur with a chemotherapeutic regimen are numerois and varied, and the physician must be cognizant of them in order to minimize damage.
  • (7) Health care professionals should be especially cognizant of the magnitude of the impact of sexual abuse on adolescent girls and recognize the need of these patients for psychologic and medical services.
  • (8) The present study revealed a tendency for BP college women to be less cognizant of eating satiety cues and less responsive to these cues as far as termination of eating is concerned.
  • (9) The nurse needs to be cognizant of language and setting that is developmentally compatible with the child and directs interventions that help to empower the child to resolve his or her vulnerability.
  • (10) In order to prevent a resurgence of the starch peritonitis syndrome we must continue to emphasize the importance of washing gloves, maintain the quality control and purity of the powder used, and be cognizant of the signs and symptoms so that such cases may be managed nonoperatively.
  • (11) Dental health-care workers must be cognizant of the oral conditions associated with systemic disease and the use of medication, a major concern in older adults.
  • (12) However, the therapeutic endoscopist should be cognizant of this potential adverse reaction when performing sclerotherapy.
  • (13) It is incumbent on dentists to become cognizant of these reasons, since this would help them inform patients of the benefits to be gained by restoring such deficient areas.
  • (14) Patients may be directed to members of the team who are cognizant of each other's capabilities.
  • (15) It becomes very clear that to assume proper care of their patients, surgeons must not only be cognizant of the diagnosis and management of these complications, but also be aware of those patients at risk, and the effective methods of prevention.
  • (16) A close-working relationship between the surgeon and anesthesiologist is mandatory with each being cognizant and understanding of the special problems encountered by the colleague.
  • (17) Studies with anti-inflammatory agents therefore need to be interpreted cautiously with due cognizance of the possible complexities of agent action, of possible interactions between mediators, and of longer term changes in immune function and resistance that may be being initiated.
  • (18) Good management also involves taking cognizance of the human factors in the old meaning of the term.
  • (19) To comply with the law, the health care providers must be cognizant of the law and acquire skills as students to enable the client to be active and intelligent participants in their health care team, in either acceptance or refusal of care.
  • (20) We are cognizant that a constellation of other as yet unidentifiable variables also may play a role in the visual prognosis.

Unwitting


Definition:

  • (a.) Not knowing; unconscious; ignorant.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We’re going to splice this together with a tweet from Tory MP David Gauke this week in which he unwittingly revealed that the Star Wars set at Pinewood Studios features a brand new Death Star .
  • (2) His marker, it emerged, had been the subject of an unwitting bodycheck by his captain.
  • (3) The repurposing of the devices of unwitting users in foreign jurisdictions for covert attacks in the interests of one country’s national priorities is a dangerous precedent – contrary to international norms, and in violation of widespread domestic laws prohibiting the unauthorised use of computing and networked systems,” they conclude.
  • (4) My elder daughter unwittingly taught me, the first time I took her to one.
  • (5) She added: "Last year's revelations show that unencrypted communications can mean that journalists may be unwittingly handing over their contacts, footage or material, against their will."
  • (6) In their zeal to tout their faith in the public square, conservatives in Oklahoma may have unwittingly opened the door to a wide range of religious groups, including Satanists who are seeking to put their own statue next to a Ten Commandments monument outside the statehouse.
  • (7) It is the unwitting result of our use of fossil fuels.
  • (8) Bogdanor guessed that Green may have been arrested because he had 'unwittingly' disclosed sensitive security information.
  • (9) The foreign secretary, David Miliband, whose family roots are of Polish Jewish origin, has led the attacks on Cameron and his allies, perhaps unwittingly thrusting the debate over the second world war in eastern Europe into the early stages of a British election campaign.
  • (10) Failure to recognize a child's fabrication can subject the family to unnecessary legal action and unwittingly support the use of a similar manipulative technique by other susceptible children.
  • (11) In explaining both the nature of the material shut away and the causes of its being so, attention is called to the role that a child's parents play, wittingly or unwittingly.
  • (12) Dual prescribing or additional use of nonprescription salicylates are some causes of unwitting long term toxicity.
  • (13) He added: "It is now clear that the BBC failed the students, who were unwitting human fodder used to fulfil John Sweeney and his wife's personal ambition to film inside North Korea.
  • (14) But coyote is also used to denote a middleman, particularly one who takes advantage of unwitting farmers.
  • (15) All too unwittingly but effectively and increasingly, developed world citizens contribute to the rundown of the planet's natural resources that sustain everyone's welfare.
  • (16) England’s captain has worn the armband with distinction in many ways here in Brazil, but he played an unwitting part in both goals and it would be no way to end his international career.
  • (17) In the words of Samuel D. Gross: "The cases which may reasonably require and those which may not require interference with the knife are not always so clearly and distinctly defined as not to give rise, in very many instances, to the most serious apprehension ... that, while the surgeon endeavors to avoid Scylla, he may not unwittingly run into Charybdis, mutilating a limb that might have been saved, and endangering life by the retention of one that should have been promptly amputated."
  • (18) An Australian couple were unwittingly conned into becoming multi-million dollar drug mules after winning a dream trip to Canada with new luggage thrown in.
  • (19) But everything about such attacks is murky; finding the perpetrators is difficult if not impossible, as the architecture of the internet allows for hackers to mask their attack through unwitting users and anonymisation software.
  • (20) The unwitting vaginal and vulvar use of 5-FU in pregnancy did not result in significant morbidity or mortality; expectant management of such pregnancies should be considered.