What's the difference between cognizant and vigilant?

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.

Vigilant


Definition:

  • (a.) Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) However, the firing of 5-HT neurons appears to relate to the state of vigilance of the animal.
  • (2) Of course the job is not done and we will continue to remain vigilant to all risks, particularly when the global economic situation is so uncertain,” the chancellor said in a statement.
  • (3) The functional properties of the auditory projections to the somatosensory zones S2 and S were studied by recording evoked potentials in anesthetized and vigil unrestrained cats.
  • (4) The low incidence of pneumonia regardless of the type of therapy may be attributable to vigorous, vigilant respiratory care in a population at high risk for developing pneumonia.
  • (5) In the midst of all the newspaper headlines and vigils you can sometimes lose sight of the man who was on death row.
  • (6) Then the question of the long term vigilance of all infants and children with AIDS should be done.
  • (7) In order to quantitate the reequency characteristics of the EEG obtained from these subcortical sites (nucleus raphé dorsalis, area postrema, as well as anatomical controls adjacent to these regions) during the different vigilance states (waking, slow-wave sleep, REM sleep) in the cat, power spectral analyses techniques were employed.
  • (8) Facebook Twitter Pinterest A child praying at the vigil site for Freddie Gray in Baltimore.
  • (9) Failure to check, lack of vigilance and inattention or carelessness were the most frequently associated factors with the rest of the reports.
  • (10) The effects of zopiclone on the amount of time spent at each vigilance level have been studied in freely moving rats.
  • (11) You should maintain particular vigilance during this time.
  • (12) Bilateral destruction or functional elimination of either hypnogenic region is followed by increased vigilance and insomnia.
  • (13) One hundred children referred for evaluation of attention and learning problems were administered a battery of tests including two vigilance tasks, other laboratory measures of inattention and impulsivity, and parent and teacher ratings.
  • (14) There is, of course, a place for regulatory vigilance, for forcing entire institutions to clean up after themselves by paying hefty fines, and weeding out bad practices.
  • (15) Organic cerebral lesion, disorders of activity and vigilance, longterm psychopharmacotherapy, alteration of condition by acute internal disease and perhaps disorders of the liver are considered to be risks of death by bolus.
  • (16) Vigils have been held in Cairo for the victims of EgyptAir flight 804 as a French navy ship headed to join the deep-sea search in the Mediterranean for the main wreckage and flight recorders.
  • (17) Medilog tape-recorders were used to record EEG and EOG on 5 males and 5 females during a 45 min visual vigilance test.
  • (18) In addition, habitual use increased sensitivity and reduced accuracy, and acute ingestion increased vigilance response time in the presence of white noise.
  • (19) Extra vigilance and information can be provided by numerous electronic aids that also introduce error, distraction and cost.
  • (20) a) Limbic structures contribute to the dynamic synthesis of contemporary information, by reason of their share in mechanisms: I. of modulatory central control in the production and transmission of sensory messages, 2. in the genesis of states of vigilance, especially the focussing of attention.