Conoscere vs Sapere

Familiarity versus factual knowledge (reverse lens).

What to focus on

  • People and places familiarity
  • Facts and procedures
  • Substitution traps

Conoscere

to know (a person or place), (transitive) to meet (a person), experience

Sapere

to know (information). sa l'indirizzo ― he knows the address. sapete che giudicheremo gli angeli?do you know that we will judge angels?

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