Drop
Drop verb - To make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically.
Usage example: he would ever so “casually” drop the names of celebrities he knew personally
Notice
Notice verb - To make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically.
Usage example: briefly noticed in his lecture the author's first published work
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good drop | good notice |
| nice | nice drop | nice notice |
| special | special drop | special notice |
| short | short drop | short notice |
| Other adjectives: standard, original, considerable, sheer, small, huge, bad, early, slightest, significant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- While it may be plausible to never notice the soldiers, it's quite a stretch to not notice the multiple helicopters directly overhead, which can suddenly be heard the second they drop into view.
Source: See No Evil, Hear No Evil -
Played straight in "Piano Girl", where Miku is running up and down some stairs, only to not notice a shapr drop.
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The Dev Team Thinks of Everything: If you try to get some additional ingredients in the Prologue, the NPCs (and one chest) will notice it, if you drop the ones you already have right next to them.
Source: Video Game / The Witcher
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