Discover and Know

Discover

Discover verb - To come to an awareness of.

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Know and discover are semantically related in discern topic. In some cases you can use "Know" instead a verb "Discover", when it comes to topics like find out.

Nearby Words: discovered, discovery, discovering, discoverable, discoverer

Know

Know verb - To have a practical understanding of.

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Discover and know are semantically related in discern topic. Sometimes you can use "Discover" instead a verb "Know", if it concerns topics such as find out.

Nearby Words: knowing, known

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Common collocations

character	discover character	know character
man	discover man	know man
truth	discover truth	know truth
name	discover name	know name
Other words: reason, place, way, identity, location, story, meaning, secret, magic, secrets.

Both words in one sentence

You're given directions by the Shaman beforehand that the correct route is "left right right left", which you have to know or discover is "down up up down", remembering which direction you've been going between saving and reloading.

Source: Trial-and-Error Gameplay
The more they talk, the more similarities with each other they discover, and you know where this is headed.

Source: Happily Failed Suicide
Characters don't know how or why things got to be this way, but perhaps they'll find out sooner or later... This game provides examples of: Back from the Dead: Characters who are killed discover themselves on a train headed to the afterlife.

Source: Roleplay / Anemoi

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