Discover and Establish

Discover

Discover verb - To come to an awareness of.

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Establish and discover are semantically related In some cases you can use "Establish" instead a verb "Discover".

Establish verb - To gain full recognition or acceptance of.

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Discover and establish are semantically related in authenticate topic. Sometimes you can use "Discover" instead a verb "Establish".

connection	discover connection	establish connection
character	discover character	establish character
power	discover power	establish power
life	discover life	establish life
Other words: civilization, nature, place, plot, base, fact, identity, world, location, existence, city, identities.

Maybe the writer wants to establish the hero's former life as slow, tedious and mundane before they discover their Secret Legacy.

Source: Slow-Paced Beginning
Eventually, villains often discover to their surprise that while fear might be easier to establish, love has a lot more staying power.

Source: Machiavelli Was Wrong
The course of the ongoing saw Nathaniel try to discover the truth behind his original frame-up, attempt to establish his freedom from his superiors, and slowly become the hero he pretended to be.

Source: Comicbook / Captain Atom

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