Answer and Recognize

Answer

Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.

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Recognize and answer are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recognize" instead a verb "Answer".

Recognize verb - To have a clear idea of.

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Answer and recognize are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Answer" instead a verb "Recognize".

He can buzz in the correct answer faster than anyone else, but only if he can recognize it right off the first clue.

Source: Manga / Nanamaru Sanbatsu
The answer being that Sam will half-mention to Josh that Hannah had to have become a Wendigo, after which point, Josh will recognize Hannah when she appears - and Hannah will recognize him as he says her name.

Source: Video Game / Until Dawn
But then they go to memorizing the whole question database to recognize a certain question with just the first word and press the buzzer or even memorizing the complex formulaic pattern the questions follow to hit the buzzer before even the first word to answer... correctly every time.

Source: Manga / YuYu Hakusho

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