Appear and Perceive

Appear

Appear verb - To come into view.

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Perceive and appear are semantically related in look topic. In some cases you can use "Perceive" instead a verb "Appear".

Nearby Words: appearance, appearing

Perceive verb - To have a vague awareness of.

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Appear and perceive are semantically related in look topic. Sometimes you can use "Appear" instead a verb "Perceive".

people	appear people	perceive people
nature	appear nature	perceive nature
form	appear form	perceive form
moment	appear moment	perceive moment
Other words: time, way, world, mention, anyone, everyone, humans, attacks, faces, whom.

The squid-like aliens that appear in Deep Time live in an ammonia-based environment and metabolize hydrogen instead of oxygen, which means that they perceive everything extremely slowly (basically, imagine living in a galaxy where everyone but you is The Flash).

Source: Literature / Star Carrier
The only groups that appear to be unable to perceive something are both intrinsically supernatural - the Lemurians and the Seers to the Throne, the bad-guy conspiracies for Geniuses and Mages respectively, are seemingly unable to detect each other, and no-one knows why.

Source: Weirdness Censor
Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor has an unusual take on this trope in the Melters, who do appear to have matter bodies or a matter medium - a mineral called meltmassif, which is electroconductive - and which perceive the electrical activity in human bodies to be like themselves.

Source: Energy Beings

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