Detect
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
Common collocations
| character | detect character | recognize character |
| people | detect people | recognize people |
| truth | detect truth | recognize truth |
| someone | detect someone | recognize someone |
| Other words: characters, difference, evil, magic, danger, anyone, humans, emotions, signs, patterns, differences. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Doctors could easily recognize breast, cervical, and vaginal cancers from an external examination, but without surgery, X-rays, or medical laboratories, they couldn't detect internal cancers.
- One interesting thing about this trope is that it is self-reinforcing; the trope itself has raised public awareness such that it is increasingly likely that even a layperson would recognize the significance of the smell if he or she was physically able to detect it.
Source: Bitter Almonds - Christians can't detect old-walker magic or recognize their deities, Brighid and Mal get unsettled in flashbacks when Owen makes Mal's house shake just from saying "I love you," and people remark that Owen's Hot-Blooded personality is typical old-walker behavior.
Source: Literature / Moonflowers
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