Detect and Gaze

Detect

Detect verb - To come upon after searching, study, or effort.

Gaze and detect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gaze" instead a verb "Detect".

Gaze

Gaze verb - To look long and hard in wonder or surprise.

Detect and gaze are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Detect" instead a verb "Gaze".

Nearby Words: gazed, gazer, gazing

Both words in one sentence

  • Older Than Feudalism: In Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest surviving faiths in the world, the dog is considered one of the most sacred animals, for its ability to detect, and even deflect evil with a mere gaze.
  • Ominous Owl Though, while the little horned owl is considered demonic, it's said that it is able to detect whether someone has evil in them, and that if it averts its gaze from you or only squints at you, you have darkness within you, whereas if it stares at you with eyes wide, you are a good person.
    Source: Ominous Owl
  • Kilik is known for his ability to absorb and purify evil energy via the Kali-Yuga (taught to him by his master, Edge Master), which could very well be drawn from the Monkey King's power to detect evil through his huoyan-jinjing ("fiery-eyes golden-gaze").
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