Discover and Recognize

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Discover

Discover verb - To come to an awareness of.

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Recognize is a synonym for discover in find out topic. In some cases you can use "Recognize" instead a verb "Discover", when it comes to topics like find, notice.

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

Recognize

Recognize verb - To have a clear idea of.

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Discover is a synonym for recognize in notice topic. You can use "Discover" instead a verb "Recognize", if it concerns topics such as find, find out.

Nearby Words: recognise, recognition, recognized, recognised, recognizable

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love	discover love	recognize love
talent	discover talent	recognize talent
character	discover character	recognize character
power	discover power	recognize power
Other words: man, body, truth, name, nature, fact, way, magic, existence, feelings.

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Synopsis When Twilight and her friends are snowed into the library, they discover a book she doesn't recognize.

Source: Fanfic Recs / My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic General 1 To H
When Tony Stark - of course - is forced to interface with Godkiller, he and 451 discover that the system does not recognize him because he's adopted.

Source: Villainous B.S.O.D.
No one seems to recognize him until Penelope removes his ear and is shocked to discover that it's Freddy!

Source: Hidden in Plain Sight

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