knowledge applies to facts or ideas acquired by study, investigation, observation, or experience.
rich in the knowledge of human nature
learning applies to knowledge acquired especially through formal, often advanced, schooling.
a book that demonstrates vast learning
erudition strongly implies the acquiring of profound, recondite, or bookish learning.
an erudition unusual even in a scholar
scholarship implies the possession of learning characteristic of the advanced scholar in a specialized field of study or investigation.
a work of first-rate literary scholarship
Example Sentences
She got a scholarship to Yale University. The organization is offering five $5,000 scholarships. The essay is a work of serious scholarship. The book is about his life and scholarship.
Recent Examples on the WebProceeds will go toward the scholarship programs at the James Beard Foundation. Anna Mazurek, Chron, 12 Sep. 2022 Caruso linked the scholarship to systemic graft plaguing City Hall and pushed for his opponent to release her communications with Flynn. Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2022 The former Buckeye walk-on turned scholarship safety and member of the 2002 national championship team is the great-great nephew of OSU legend Chic Harley. Nathan Baird, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022 Grier, who joined the Boston University Terriers in the fall of 1993 on a half-scholarship offered by coach Jack Parker, only some 36 months later made the Oilers directly out of his first rookie camp. Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022 The Hoosiers used four of their 20 scholarship true freshmen against Illinois, two from each side of the ball. Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Sep. 2022 UConn men’s basketball signed Apostolos Roumoglou out of Greece to the 13th scholarship spot on the roster, the team announced Friday. Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022 Indeed, historians do not produce scholarship in isolation. Keisha N. Blain, The New Republic, 9 Sep. 2022 By the five-game spring 2021 high school season, his best offers from scholarship programs were invites as a preferred walk-on. Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2022 See More