Difference between Savvy and Understanding

What is the difference between Savvy and Understanding?

Savvy as an adjective is shrewd, well-informed and perceptive. while Understanding as an adjective is showing compassion.

Savvy

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: shrewd, well-informed and perceptive.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To understand

Part of speech: interjection

Definition: A phrase to determine if something is understood.

Example sentence: There's a lot of bad information about TV Azteca in the market, but that's always an opportunity for smart and savvy investors.

Understanding

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Mental, sometimes emotional process of comprehension, assimilation of knowledge, which is subjective by its nature.Reason or intelligence, ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer.Opinion, judgement or outlook.An informal contract, mutual agreement.A reconciliation of differences.Sympathy.All that people individually sense and feel of ourselves.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Showing compassion.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To grasp a concept fully and thoroughly, especially (of words, statements, art, etc.) to be aware of the meaning of and (of people) to be aware of the intent of.

Example sentence: Successful negotiation is not about getting to 'yes'; it's about mastering 'no' and understanding what the path to an agreement is.

We hope you now know whether to use Savvy or Understanding in your sentence.

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