For all of those who know anything about DSLR camera lens?

So I was looking at nikon camera lenses, and I wasn't sure if a lense that has up to a 5.8x zoom will shoot photos just as well or better at 4x zoom than a camera with a 11x zoom (that shoots at a 4x zoom). I'm sorry if that made no sense. I guess to clear it up, if I had two lenses, one that was 5.8x and another one that was 11x, and I shoot a photo from both of them at 4x zoom, which would take a clearer/better picture?
(haha, so, I'm new to slr cameras)

Drop the x zoom. With a DSLR we use mm focal length

Lens clarity isn't specifically determined by the focal length (i.e. "zoom"). What lenses are you comparing? That will help a lot more than just telling us the optical zoom of them. You should be using focal lengths instead anyway.

If you want sharper images I suggest you look at prime lens which have no zoom and only has one fixed focal length, which means you have to go back and forth for shots but the sharpness are unmatched by zoom lens. In lens always look for F stop which has low numbers like F1.2, 1.4, 1.8, 2, 2.4, 2.8 from F2.8 below is great for shooting in low lights, also especially in zoom lens always look for just one F stop number, e.g F2.8 and not F2.8-5, this means throughout the zoom the F stop is the same. Basically F stops are the lens aperture like how big your lens will open for the light to enter in your camera, the smaller the number bigger the aperture. At aperture F1.4 and F1.8 is ideal for
Night shots.

This is speaking in generalities, but the simple rule is this - the less the lens zooms, the fewer compromises it has to make.

I love my Nikon 18-200mm AF-S VR zoom and it's 11x1 zoom ratio. But, my 35mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/1.8 are sharper and brighter.

Of course, a Nikon 18-200mm will probably outshoot many 3rd party 2x or 3x zooms, but within a single brand, the simpler-the-better rule should hold true.

It's complicated. Just knowing the zoom won't tell you about the lens distortion, and all lenses have some distortion. The quality of the build determines the distortion. A quality 11x zoom lens will beat a cheap 5.8x zoom lens every time, and vice versa.So, there's no answer to your question.