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: It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
Intellect
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding (uncountable).That faculty in a particular person (uncountable).A person who has that faculty in great degree.
Example sentence: Chinese food tries to engage the mind, not just the palate. To provoke the intellect.