Infomation vs. Information — What's the Difference?

Visualize a piece of information as a solid foundation – note the "n" in the foundation.

Remember that "information" contains "inform" plus the suffix "-ation."

Think of "nation" at the end – it has an "n" before "ation."

Relate it to "formation" which also has an "n" before "ation."

Think of being "in the know" when being informed, emphasizing the "n."

Infomation is an incorrect spelling of information.

Facts, details, or knowledge about a subject.

Data processed or stored by a computer.

News or knowledge received or given.

An official report on a matter.

Knowledge or facts learned, especially about a certain subject or event.

The act of informing or the condition of being informed; communication of knowledge

(Computers) Processed, stored, or transmitted data.

A numerical measure of the uncertainty of an experimental outcome.

(Law) A formal accusation of a crime made by a public officer rather than by grand jury indictment in instances in which the offense, if a federal crime, is not a felony or in which the offense, if a state crime, is allowed prosecution in that manner rather than by indictment.

That which resolves uncertainty; anything that answers the question of "what a given entity is".

Things that are or can be known about a given topic; communicable knowledge of something.

The act of informing or imparting knowledge; notification.

A statement of criminal activity brought before a judge or magistrate; in the UK, used to inform a magistrate of an offence and request a warrant; in the US, an accusation brought before a judge without a grand jury indictment.

(obsolete) The act of informing against someone, passing on incriminating knowledge; accusation.

The systematic imparting of knowledge; education, training.

The creation of form; the imparting of a given quality or characteristic; forming, animation.

[…] the meaning that a human assigns to data by means of the known conventions used in its representation.

(Christianity) Divine inspiration.

A service provided by telephone which provides listed telephone numbers of a subscriber.

(information theory) Any unambiguous abstract data, the smallest possible unit being the bit.

As contrasted with data, information is processed to extract relevant data.

(information technology) Any ordered sequence of symbols (or signals) (that could contain a message).

The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence.

Any fact or set of facts, knowledge, news, or advice, whether communicated by others or obtained by personal study and investigation; any datum that reduces uncertainty about the state of any part of the world; intelligence; knowledge derived from reading, observation, or instruction.

A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offense against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalf of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand jury. See Indictment.

A measure of the number of possible choices of messages contained in a symbol, signal, transmitted message, or other information-bearing object; it is usually quantified as the negative logarithm of the number of allowed symbols that could be contained in the message; for logarithms to the base 2, the measure corresponds to the unit of information, the hartley, which is log210, or 3.323 bits; called also information content. The smallest unit of information that can be contained or transmitted is the bit, corresponding to a yes-or-no decision.

Useful facts, as contrasted with raw data; as, among all this data, there must be some interesting information.

A message received and understood

A collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn;

Knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction

(communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome;

Formal accusation of a crime

Guidance or instruction.

It's derived from Latin "informatio," meaning "outline or concept."

The vowel "o."

/ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃən/

"Inform."

Information (usually uncountable).

Standard conjunctions like "and" can be used.

Information.

"The" when referring to specific information or "some" when unspecified.

The root word is "inform."

No.

Neutral. It depends on context.

Information doesn't have verb forms.

N/A.

"About" or "on" as in "information about the event."

Not inherently, but can be used metaphorically.

In-for-ma-tion.

Data.

N/A.

It's a noun.

Yes.

No, it's uncountable.

Four.

"We need more information to make an informed decision."

It's a word, containing both vowels and consonants.

No.

"this" or "that."

No.

"ma."

Noun.

Ignorance or misinformation.