Admit and Discover

Admit

Admit verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.

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Discover and admit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Discover" instead a verb "Admit". archaic substitute

Discover verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).

Usage example: discovered to his friend how people whom he had trusted had betrayed him

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Admit and discover are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Admit" instead a verb "Discover".

love	admit love	discover love
weakness	admit weakness	discover weakness
truth	admit truth	discover truth
name	admit name	discover name
Other words: nature, reason, room, way, identity, secret, evidence, existence, feelings.

In Robin Hood, the titular character is intrigued when he comes back from five years fighting abroad to discover that Maid Marian is still unmarried - not that she's going to admit that he has anything to do with that.

Source: I Will Wait for You
There is even a moment where you admit you always wanted a special ability, but not one that scares you so much... Boarding School of Horrors: In Zombie School, you're sent to an elite boarding school that turns out to be one of these when you discover that all your fellow students are zombies.

Source: Literature / Give Yourself Goosebumps
Kyle is all set to admit defeat and pay the money he bet—in a huge ceremony Cartman arranged to receive his platinum album, too—only to discover that, in the South Park universe, Christian music awards Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh albums.

Source: Exact Words / Western Animation

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