Type dyn.pr. Understanding ↔ Gathering Information

gathering information or experience; learning

Gathering Information describes the process of acquiring knowledge. It is not the knowledge itself. When a portion of a story focuses on learning, it is the gathering of an education that is of concern, not the education that ultimately has been gathered. Gathering Information need not be an academic endeavor. One might learn to express one's feelings or learn about love. Gathering Information does not even require new information as sometimes one learns simply by looking through old information from a different perspective or with a new approach. It is not important if one is learning to arrive at a particular understanding or just to gather data. As long as the focus is on the process of gaining information or learning, Gathering Information is the operative word.

syn. cultivating experience, acquiring information, collecting data, gathering knowledge