Appear and Act

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Appear

Appear verb - To give the impression of being.

Usage example: it appears that he doesn't hear you

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Act is a synonym for appear in perform topic. In some cases you can use "Act" instead the word "Appear" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like activity, behaviour.

Nearby Words: appearance, appearing

Act

Act verb - To give the impression of being.

Usage example: always acting helpless, just to get attention

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Appear is a synonym for act in behaviour topic. You can use "Appear" instead a verb "Act", if it concerns topics such as perform, behave in a certain way.

Nearby Words: acting, acted

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Common collocations

people	appear people	act people
role	appear role	act role
part	appear part	act part
name	appear name	act name
Other words: place, time, way, bit, evil, nothing, age, times, whom.

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