Ruminate vs. Cogitate

Ruminateverb

(intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.

Ruminateverb

(intransitive) To meditate or reflect.

Ruminateverb

(transitive) To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.

Ruminateadjective

(botany) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.

Ruminateverb

To chew the cud; to chew again what has been slightly chewed and swallowed.

Ruminateverb

To think again and again; to muse; to meditate; to ponder; to reflect.

Ruminateverb

To chew over again.

Ruminateverb

To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.

Ruminateadjective

Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.

Ruminateverb

chew the cuds;

Ruminateverb

reflect deeply on a subject;

Cogitateverb

(intransitive) To meditate, to ponder, to think deeply.

Cogitateverb

(transitive) To consider, to devise.

Cogitateverb

To engage in continuous thought; to think.

Cogitateverb

To think over; to plan.

Cogitateverb

consider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind

Cogitateverb

use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments;