Encounter and Visit

Encounter

Encounter noun - A brief clash between enemies or rivals.

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Visit and encounter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Visit" instead the word "Encounter" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: encountered, encountering

Visit noun - A temporary residing as another's guest.

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Encounter and visit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Encounter" instead the word "Visit" as a noun or a verb.

special	special encounter	special visit
normal	normal encounter	normal visit
brief	brief encounter	brief visit
short	short encounter	short visit
Other adjectives: initial, single, unpleasant, actual, entire, little, bad, disastrous, personal, early, unexpected, later, next, subsequent, last, occasional, earlier, previous.

man	encounter man	visit man
village	encounter village	visit village
time	encounter time	visit time
room	encounter room	visit room
Other words: planet, times, friends.

And sure enough, when Wes and Eric visit Prehistoria in Time Force, they encounter the real thing.

Source: Tyrannosaurus rex
You encounter them as early as the second zone you visit, and if you fail to recognize that "red glow = bad", they will kill you.

Source: Boss in Mook Clothing
Instead, you had to rely on an ever-so-slight chance that you'd encounter their dream home when you decided to venture out and visit other people's homes.

Source: Scrappy Mechanic / Pokémon

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