Except
Except verb - To present an opposing opinion or argument.
Miss
Miss verb - To fail to attend.
Common collocations
| part | except part | miss part |
Both words in one sentence
- The "team ostracizes a character, so they leave, only for everyone else to miss them and want them back" plot point actually happens multiple times to every member of the Rangers except for Chip.
Source: Aesop Amnesia -
Sometimes, these slaves escape... but the Gentry have fashioned copies to take their place, which seem like perfect imitations except for the one thing they always miss.
Source: Paranoia Fuel / Tabletop Games -
If you dump too many bombs on the left instead of the right, however, or if you miss one, then you blow up everything except the vault door.
Source: Video Game / Game & Watch
Cite this Source
Miss and Except. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/except/miss
Except & Miss. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/except/miss>.
Miss or Except. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/except/miss.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "except" and "miss" have occurred on timeline