Appreciate
Appreciate verb - To have a clear idea of.
Usage example: I hope you appreciate just how much that collector's CD costs
Realize is a synonym for appreciate in be aware of topic. In some cases you can use "Realize" instead a verb "Appreciate", when it comes to topics like acknowledge, understand, know, recognize worth.
Realize
Realize verb - To come to an awareness of.
Appreciate is a synonym for realize in understand topic. You can use "Appreciate" instead a verb "Realize", if it concerns topics such as know, be aware of, become aware of.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sense and appreciate
- sense and realize
- recognize and appreciate
- recognize and realize
- imagine and appreciate
- imagine and realize
- conceive and appreciate
- conceive and realize
- see and appreciate
- see and realize
- perceive and appreciate
- perceive and realize
- acknowledge and appreciate
- acknowledge and realize
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- As such, you didn't understand what was going on to appreciate the work enough to realize that.
Source: It's Not Supposed to Win Oscars - They honestly don't have any moral problem with this, any more than a butterfly collector who doesn't realize he's killing what he claims to appreciate.
Source: Literature / The Tripods -
Matt helps him realize that he isn't sexually attracted to men, though he does appreciate beauty in general.
Source: Webcomic / Ménage à 3
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