Alert
Alert noun - The act or an instance of telling beforehand of danger or risk.
Usage example: the white flash of the doe's raised tail, giving the “danger” alert to her fawns
Notification and alert are semantically related in warning topic. In some cases you can use "Notification" instead a noun "Alert", when it comes to topics like message.
Notification
Notification noun - A published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest.
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Synonyms for Notification
Alert and notification are semantically related in announcement topic. Sometimes you can use "Alert" instead a noun "Notification", if it concerns topics such as message.
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Both words in one sentence
- Anytime a program is interrupted by a news bulletin involving some calamity or, even worse, an "Emergency Alert Notification" of the style of the old CONELRAD and Emergency Broadcast System, which anyone over the age of 40 was conditioned to treat as a warning of imminent nuclear attack.
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