Comprehend and Read

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Comprehend verb - To have a clear idea of.

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Read is a synonym for comprehend in understand topic. In some cases you can use "Read" instead a verb "Comprehend", when it comes to topics like language, find out, construe.

Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.

Usage example: he always reads the newspaper in the morning as he eats breakfast

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Comprehend is a synonym for read in understand topic. You can use "Comprehend" instead a verb "Read", if it concerns topics such as language, find out, construe, decipher.

people	comprehend people	read people
time	comprehend time	read time
data	comprehend data	read data
language	comprehend language	read language
Other words: music, emotions, thoughts, english.

Belgarath of The Belgariad mentions offhand that he can read and comprehend a whole sentence in a glance.

Source: Super Speed Reading
It can be any two distinct states; it's commonly represented as zeroes and ones because "00011101" is much easier to read and comprehend than "off, off, off, on, on, on, off, on".

Source: Useful Notes / Binary Bits and Bytes
The most prominent one is the Mrin Codex, but there is also the Darine Codex (less detailed than the Mrin Codex, but much easier to read and comprehend due to the insanity of the Mrin prophet), the Ashabine Oracles, and the Book of Kell.

Source: Tomes of Prophecy and Fate

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