What's the difference between know and skill?

Know


Definition:

  • (n.) Knee.
  • (v. i.) To perceive or apprehend clearly and certainly; to understand; to have full information of; as, to know one's duty.
  • (v. i.) To be convinced of the truth of; to be fully assured of; as, to know things from information.
  • (v. i.) To be acquainted with; to be no stranger to; to be more or less familiar with the person, character, etc., of; to possess experience of; as, to know an author; to know the rules of an organization.
  • (v. i.) To recognize; to distinguish; to discern the character of; as, to know a person's face or figure.
  • (v. i.) To have sexual commerce with.
  • (v. i.) To have knowledge; to have a clear and certain perception; to possess wisdom, instruction, or information; -- often with of.
  • (v. i.) To be assured; to feel confident.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I’m not in charge of it but he’s stood up and presented that, and when Jenny, you know, criticised it, or raised some issues about grandparent carers – 3,700 of them he calculated – he said “Let’s sit down”.
  • (2) She knows you can’t force the opposition to submit to your point of view.
  • (3) Then, when he was forgiven, he walked along a moonbeam and said to Ha-Notsri [Hebrew name for Jesus of Nazareth]: “You know, you were right.
  • (4) I forgave him because I know for a fact that he wasn't in his right mind," she said.
  • (5) We know that several hundred thousand investors are likely to want to access their pension pots in the first weeks and months after the start of the new tax year.
  • (6) Keep it in the ground campaign Though they draw on completely different archives, leaked documents, and interviews with ex-employees, they reach the same damning conclusion: Exxon knew all that there was to know about climate change decades ago, and instead of alerting the rest of us denied the science and obstructed the politics of global warming.
  • (7) I just know that in that moment he’s not in condition to carry on in the game.
  • (8) I know I have the courage to deal with all the sniping but you worry about the effects on your family."
  • (9) He was reclusive, I know that, and he was often given a hard time for it.
  • (10) To know the relation between the signal intensity and sodium concentration, sodium concentration--signal intensity curve was obtained using phantoms with various sodium concentrations (0.05-1.0%).
  • (11) But do you know the thing that really bites?” he pointed to his home, which was not visible behind an overgrown hedge.
  • (12) When allegations of systemic doping and cover-ups first emerged in the runup to the 2013 Russian world athletics championships, an IOC spokesman insisted: “Anti-doping measures in Russia have improved significantly over the last five years with an effective, efficient and new laboratory and equipment in Moscow.” London Olympics were sabotaged by Russia’s doping, report says Read more We now know that the head of that lauded Moscow lab, Grigory Rodchenko, admitted to intentionally destroying 1,417 samples in December last year shortly before Wada officials visited.
  • (13) No one knows if this drug will be approved for use by American physicians.
  • (14) "Everyone knows what it stands for and everyone has already got it in their home.
  • (15) We outline a protocol for presenting the diagnosis of pseudoseizure with the goal of conveying to the patient the importance of knowing the nonepileptic nature of the spells and the need for psychiatric follow-up.
  • (16) In view of its significant effects on drug metabolizing enzymes and clearance mechanisms, it is important to know its disposition characteristics.
  • (17) It’s gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, social background, and – most important of all, as far as I’m concerned – diversity of thought.” Diversity needs action beyond the Oscars | Letters Read more He may have provided the Richard Littlejohn wishlist from hell – you know the one, about the one-legged black lesbian in a hijab favoured by the politically correct – but as a Hollywood A-lister, the joke’s no longer on him.
  • (18) Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian I don’t know how much my parents paid for their home but in 1955 the average house price for the whole country was £1,891.
  • (19) It is thus important to know whether carriers of the AT gene have a risk of cancer or diabetes greater than comparable noncarriers.
  • (20) Angela Barnes As I understand it, dating websites are supposed to provide a confidential forum for the exchange of personal information between people who do not yet know each other but might like to.

Skill


Definition:

  • (n.) Discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
  • (n.) Knowledge; understanding.
  • (n.) The familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mechanic, etc.
  • (n.) Display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
  • (n.) Any particular art.
  • (v. t.) To know; to understand.
  • (v. i.) To be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.
  • (v. i.) To make a difference; to signify; to matter; -- used impersonally.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Hoursoglou thinks a shortage of skilled people with a good grounding in core subjects such as maths and science is a potential problem for all manufacturers.
  • (2) Training in social skills specific to fostering intimacy is suggested as a therapeutic step, and modifications to the social support measure for future use discussed.
  • (3) But if you want to sustain a long-term relationship, it's important to try to develop other erotic interests and skills, because most partners will expect and demand that.
  • (4) It appeared that ratings by supervisors were influenced primarily by the interpersonal skills of the residents and secondarily by ability.
  • (5) In a poll before the debate, 48% predicted that Merkel, who will become Europe's longest serving leader if re-elected on 22 September, would emerge as the winner of the US-style debate, while 26% favoured Steinbruck, a former finance minister who is known for his quick-wit and rhetorical skills, but sometimes comes across as arrogant.
  • (6) The skill of the surgeon was not a significant factor in maternal deaths.
  • (7) "Runners, for instance, need a high level of running economy, which comes from skill acquisition and putting in the miles," says Scrivener, "But they could effectively ease off the long runs and reduce the overall mileage by introducing Tabata training.
  • (8) The need for follow-up studies is stressed to allow assessment of the effectiveness of the intervention and to search for protective factors, successful coping skills, strategies and adaptational resources.
  • (9) Independent t test results indicated nurses assigned more importance to psychosocial support and skills training than did patients; patients assigned more importance to sensation--discomfort than did nurses.
  • (10) Both microcomputer use and tracking patient care experience are technical skills similar to learning any medical procedure with which physicians are already familiar.
  • (11) They have already missed the critical periods in language learning and thus are apt to remain severely depressed in language skills at best.
  • (12) A teaching package is described for teaching interview skills to large blocks of medical students whilst on their psychiatric attachment.
  • (13) The intervention represented, for the intervention team, an opportunity to learn community organization and community education skills through active participation in the community.
  • (14) In contrast, children who initially have good verbal imitation skills apparently show gains in speech following simultaneous communication training alone.
  • (15) There is extant a population of subjects who have average or better than average interpretive reading skills as measured by standardized tests but who read slowly and inefficiently.
  • (16) To not use those skills would be like Gigi Buffon not using his enormous hands.
  • (17) The focus will be on assessment of the gravid woman's anxiety levels and coping skills.
  • (18) The functional role of corticocortical input projecting to the motor cortex in learning motor skills was investigated by training 3 cats with and without the projection area.
  • (19) Gauging the proper end point of methohexital administration is accomplished through skilled observation of the patient.
  • (20) Keepy-uppys should be a simple skill for a professional footballer, so when Tom Ince clocked himself in the face with the ball while preparing to take a corner early in the second half, even he couldn't help but laugh.