Contact
Contact noun - An acquaintance who has influence especially in the business or political world.
Observation and contact are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Observation" instead a noun "Contact".
Observation
Observation noun - A state of being aware.
Contact and observation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contact" instead a noun "Observation".
How words are described
| close | close contact | close observation |
| human | human contact | human observation |
| good | good contact | good observation |
| similar | similar contact | similar observation |
| Other adjectives: direct, regular, light, simple, actual, real, constant, social, frequent, mere, casual, further, occasional, visual, previous, closer. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- McCall gets a friendly psychiatrist to commit him ("Someone I suspect you have wanted to commit for a very long time.") for 24 hours observation so he can make contact.
Source: Go Among Mad People -
Careful observation will note that her gloved hand always is in direct contact with the wire, thereby Handwaving the damage one would normally receive from such a stunt, but it far from excuses it.
Source: Improvised Zipline -
He keeps returning to his radio set to try to contact home, but no one answers, presumably because Russia has downsized its own military and the chimp's satellite was part of a discontinued orbital-observation program.
Source: Why We Are Bummed Communism Fell
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