What is knowledge?

One dictionary definition of knowledge:
Acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation
Knowledge is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as the expertise, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject

In other words, the term knowledge is also used to mean the confident understanding of a subject with the ability to use it for a specific purpose if appropriate.

What is general Knowledge?

General knowledge is not specific knowledge. General also means to relate to the whole or most, so could general knowledge relate to all knowledge but not anything specific. General knowledge then means knowledge that is very well known or known by nearly everyone. This must restrict general knowledge to relatively few things if one considers how diverse and dispersed the population of the world is.

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