Count
Count verb - To place reliance or trust.
Usage example: I'm counting on you to show up tomorrow to help me move
Suspect
Suspect verb - To have no trust or confidence in.
Usage example: I suspected him from the moment he said he was an old friend of my sister's, since I probably would have heard about him
Nearby Words: suspected, suspecting
How words are described
| known | known count | known suspect |
| good | good count | good suspect |
| best | best count | best suspect |
| better | better count | better suspect |
| Other adjectives: certain, current, original, many, single, obvious, actual, male, potential, main, young, new, final, last, different, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- One might suspect the protagonist body count to have been significantly less had they just shut up and shot the bloody aliens more.
Source: Inaction Sequence -
His way of identifying an enemy sympathiser was to kill the suspect, and count the number of flies that landed on the corpse.
Source: Colonel Kilgore -
In the process, however, he accidentally kills Count Damik instead—which also happens to exonerate him, since prior to this he'd been a strong suspect due to his fascination and skill with knives.
Source: Literature / Castle Perilous
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