Call and Know as

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Call verb - To speak so as to be heard at a distance.

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Know as is a synonym for call. In some cases you can use "Know as" instead a verb "Call".

Nearby Words: calling, called, caller, callback, callable

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Call is a synonym for know as. You can use "Call" instead a verb "Know as".

To add to the confusion, what we know as "English muffins" aren't English and aren't what what we normally call muffins.

Source: Non Indicative Name / Real Life
Do Not Call Me "Paul": According to his voice actor Steve Blum, Zeb "is also know as Garazeb Orrelios, but only to his mom." Hera uses it as a Full Name Ultimatum whenever she's mad at him.

Source: Western Animation / Star Wars Rebels
Interestingly enough, characters may be on a Last Name Basis with one character and a First-Name Basis with a younger sibling they don't know as well, in order to distinguish the two (for example, the characters often call Seto Kaiba "Kaiba-kun" and his younger brother Mokuba "Mokuba-kun").

Source: First Name Basis / Anime and Manga

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