Appear and Observe

Appear

Appear verb - To come into view.

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Observe and appear are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Observe" instead a verb "Appear".

Nearby Words: appearance, appearing

Observe verb - To act according to the commands of.

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Appear and observe are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appear" instead a verb "Observe".

people	appear people	observe people
nature	appear nature	observe nature
form	appear form	observe form
scene	appear scene	observe scene
Other words: hand, time, way, characters, world, fight, boss, history, humans.

While the Combaticons and Protectobots appear in Optimus Prime's prelude episode, they only observe Optimus' and Megatron's final duel.

Source: Web Animation / The Transformers: Combiner Wars
It's been joked that he has the superpower to appear in any media, so observe: He even cameos in anime that somewhat involved him, too.

Source: Creator / Stan Lee
Although they appear when she's asleep, and continually multiply until she wakes up, leading to some... awkward situations when Suguru decides to observe her when she's dozing off.

Source: Circling Birdies / Anime and Manga

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