Discover and Encounter

Discover

Discover verb - To come to an awareness of.

Usage example: I was startled to discover that my keys were missing

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Encounter and discover are semantically related in come upon topic. In some cases you can use "Encounter" instead a verb "Discover".

Encounter verb - To come upon unexpectedly or by chance.

Usage example: we encountered a host of unforeseen problems during the restoration of our 200-year-old house

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Discover and encounter are semantically related in come upon topic. Sometimes you can use "Discover" instead a verb "Encounter".

Nearby Words: encountered, encountering

character	discover character	encounter character
life	discover life	encounter life
man	discover man	encounter man
woman	discover woman	encounter woman
Other words: room, species, ship, planet.

At the end of NVB 1, when you discover in Randall's office a note that states that he has been killed by the Judge's men, you immediately encounter a guy named Javier Sugar, who is wielding a shotgun.

Source: Video Game / New Vegas Bounties
The brilliant Over the Edge includes a metaplot in which the PCs encounter odd things, and start to notice clues, and finally discover that they are actually characters in a role-playing game!

Source: No Fourth Wall
After narrowly surviving an encounter with and killing the "monster", they discover that it was a giant alligator all along.

Source: Real After All

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