different between conception vs cogitation

English

Etymology

From Middle English concepcioun, borrowed from Old French conception, from Latin concepti? (“a comprehending, a collection, composition, an expression, also a becoming pregnant”), from concipi?, past participle conceptus (“conceive”); see conceive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?p??n/

Noun

conception (countable and uncountable, plural conceptions)

1. The act of conceiving.
2. The state of being conceived; the beginning.
3. The fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote.
4. The start of pregnancy.
5. The formation of a conceptus or an implanted embryo.
6. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.
7. An image, idea, or notion formed in the mind; a concept, plan or design.

Antonyms

• misconception

Coordinate terms

• inception

Related terms

• conceive
• concept

Translations

See also

• contraception

References

• conception in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• conception in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• nonectopic

French

Etymology

From Old French conception, concepcion, borrowed from Latin conceptio, conceptionem (“comprehension, understanding”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.s?p.sj??/

Noun

conception f (plural conceptions)

1. conception (of a child)
2. conception (beginning, start)
3. ability to understand
4. viewpoint; angle
5. concept, idea

Related terms

• concept
• concevoir

Further reading

• “conception” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• concepcion

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conceptio, conceptionem (“comprehension, understanding”).

Noun

conception f (oblique plural conceptions, nominative singular conception, nominative plural conceptions)

1. conception (of a child)

Descendants

• ? Middle English: concepcioun, concepcion, concepciun, concepcyon, consepcioun
  • English: conception
• French: conception

English

Etymology

Latinism, likely a learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cogitatio, cogitationis, possibly influenced by or displacing an earlier doublet of cogitacion inherited from Middle English cogitacioun, from an Old French cogitaciun, from Vulgar Latin c?git?ti?, c?git?ti?nem; compare Middle French cogitatiun, French cogitation. All ultimately from verbal construction c?git?tus +? -i?, from the perfect passive participle of Latin c?git? (“to turn over in the mind; think, consider, ponder, meditate”), frequentative verb from con- (“together, with”) +? agit? (“to put in constant motion, drive at something; devise, plot, contrive”), root from Proto-Italic *ag? (“to drive, impel”) from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?-.

Pronunciation

• enPR: k?j'?-t??sh?n, kä'j?-t??sh?n, k?j'?-t??sh?n
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?d??.??te?.??n/, /?k??.d????te?.??n/, /?k??d??.??te?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?d??.??te?.??n?/, /?k??.d????te?.??n?/, /?ko?d??.??te?.??n?/

Noun

cogitation (countable and uncountable, plural cogitations)

1. (uncountable) The process of cogitating; contemplation, deliberation, reflection, meditation.
2. (countable) A carefully considered thought, idea, notion.

Quotations

Related terms

• cogitable
• cogitate
• cogitative

Translations

Further reading

• cogitation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “cogitation”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Etymology

Latinate learned borrowing from Medieval Latin cogitatio, cogitationis (“act of pondering; reflection”), supplanting or reshaping variant forms from Middle French cogitatiun, Old French cogitaciun, cogitacion, from Vulgar Latin c?git?ti?, c?git?ti?nem; compare Middle English cogitacioun, English cogitation. Ultimately from Latin c?git? (“to turn over in the mind; think, consider, ponder, meditate”) from con- (“together, with”) +? agit? (“to put in constant motion, drive at something; devise, plot, contrive”), verbal root from Proto-Italic *ag? (“to drive, impel”) from Proto-Indo-European *h?e?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.?i.ta.sj??/

Noun

cogitation f (plural cogitations)

1. cogitation

Further reading

• “cogitation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).