Come to and Occur to

Come to

Come to verb - To enter the mind of.
Usage example: the actual name of the item didn't come to me until I was walking out of the store

Occur to and come to are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Occur to" instead a verb "Come to".

Occur to

Occur to verb - To enter the mind of.
Usage example: it didn't occur to me to ask until much later

Come to and occur to are semantically related. You can use "Come to" instead a verb "Occur to".
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