What's the difference between an opinion and an insight?

It's an insider vs. outsider thing. While an 'insight' implies an accurate understanding of something, an 'opinion' is not necessarily based on experience or knowledge - it may even be obviously false. read more

An insight can be an opinion. For example, last spring I took a philosophy class at my university. I would describe the class as insightful; it taught me how to think and unravel arguments. read more

As nouns the difference between insight and understanding is that insight is a sight or view of the interior of anything; a deep inspection or view; introspection; frequently used with into while understanding is (uncountable) mental, sometimes emotional process of comprehension, assimilation of knowledge, which is subjective by its nature. read more