Ascertain and Detect

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Ascertain verb - To come to an awareness of.

Usage example: was immediately able to ascertain that the girl was uncomfortable talking about her life at home

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Detect is a synonym for ascertain in determine topic. In some cases you can use "Detect" instead a verb "Ascertain".

Detect verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.

Usage example: I can detect just a hint of lemon in the soup

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Ascertain is a synonym for detect in perception topic. You can use "Ascertain" instead a verb "Detect", if it concerns topics such as notice, determine, discover.

people	ascertain people	detect people
state	ascertain state	detect state
attempt	ascertain attempt	detect attempt
truth	ascertain truth	detect truth
Other words: location, mutants.

X-Men: The Last Stand had Callisto who could detect other mutants and ascertain their relative "power-levels" on a 1-5 scale.

Source: The Force Is Strong with This One
The Force Is Strong with This One: The film had Callisto who could detect other mutants and ascertain their relative "power-levels" on a 1-5 scale.

Source: Film / X-Men: The Last Stand
When the relative finally shows up, the only way to ascertain he's not an impostor and thus finish the quest successfully is to cast 'detect evil' in his presence.

Source: Guide Dang It / Western RPG

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