Encounter and Know

Encounter

Encounter verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.

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Know and encounter are semantically related In some cases you can use "Know" instead a verb "Encounter".

Nearby Words: encountered, encountering

Know verb - To come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it.

Usage example: a gripping news story about orphans who have come to know full well the horrors of war

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Encounter and know are semantically related in experience topic. Sometimes you can use "Encounter" instead a verb "Know".

Nearby Words: knowing, known

person	encounter person	know person
girl	encounter girl	know girl
character	encounter character	know character
man	encounter man	know man
Other words: kind, someone, number, series, time, characters, anyone.

As far as we know, all other animals on the planet have to personally encounter a novel threat in order to recognize it as a threat and/or deal with it.

Source: Humans Are Special
He was the only guy I know who used a random monster encounter chart for Call of Cthulhu.

Source: Jackass Genie
After a brief encounter with a broken lightbulb, he's become the Bender we all know and love.

Source: Harmless Electrocution