Until a few years ago, I always understood cavities as someTHING you can get on your teeth rather then an actual cavity/hole forming on your teeth. So how do I go from knowing a cavity as a word or object to understanding it as what it is, a cavity in my teeth. Is this simply caused by my stupid brain making a new physical connection between neurons or something else perhaps?
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I think this is more an issue of what words mean.
> knowing a cavity as a word
What I think you probably meant here is remember. You remember(or memorized) that there is a word ‘cavity’ and it’s definition.
Knowing has to do with the future. You know that a pencil is going to fall if you let go of it at a height. Or you know you will get a cavity if you don’t brush.
Understanding has to do with physical mechanisms. You understand that bacteria and not brushing leads to a cavity in your tooth.
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