different between excogitation vs thinking

English

Etymology

From Latin excogitatio.

Noun

excogitation (countable and uncountable, plural excogitations)

1. Careful thought or consideration.
   • c. 1672, William Petty - Political Arithmetick, p. 21.

     […] the subtile excogitations of the Hollanders […]

   • 186?, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

     To the excogitation of this problem, this harmless gentleman had devoted many anxious hours […]

Related terms

• excogitate

French

Etymology

From Latin excogitatio

Pronunciation

Noun

excogitation f (plural excogitations)

1. excogitation

Related terms

• excogiter

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????k??/
• Hyphenation: think?ing
• Rhymes: -??k??
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle English thinking, thynkynge, thenkyng, equivalent to think +? -ing.

Noun

thinking (usually uncountable, plural thinkings)

1. Thought; gerund of think.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• quick-thinking
• thinking cap
• thinking man

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English thenkinge, þinkynge, þenkynge, þenchinde, from Old English þen?ende, from Proto-Germanic *þankijandz, present participle of *þankijan? (“to think”), equivalent to think +? -ing. Cognate with Dutch denkend (“thinking”), German denkend (“thinking”), Swedish tänkande (“thinking”).

Verb

thinking

1. present participle of think