Convey
Express
Express verb - To make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion).
Usage example: in a true democracy, a person can freely express his or her views
Convey is a synonym for express in show topic. You can use "Convey" instead a verb "Express", if it concerns topics such as state, impart, communicate, articulate. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Common collocations
| love | convey love | express love |
| feeling | convey feeling | express feeling |
| affection | convey affection | express affection |
| respect | convey respect | express respect |
| Other words: emotion, sadness, intent, rage, anger, power, kind, fear, sort, grief, disappointment, disgust, horror, feelings, emotions, thoughts, ideas, concepts, opinions. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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It understands exactly why people cry, and why John is sobbing at its coming demise ("I know now why you cry...") It just can't express or convey the same sorrow with its eyes, even though it wants to ("...but it is something I can never do").
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A variation of this tends to happen in Time Squad, for example where the Power Trio must help Confucius, who instead of writing short maxims to express his Aesops, writes books thicker than a dictionary to convey them.
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This is done for the express purpose of the non-human character being able to connect on a more "human" (No Pun Intended) level with their human companion as they feel that they can't properly convey their feelings as a non-human.
Source: Humanity Ensues
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