Except and Turn down

Except

Except verb - To present an opposing opinion or argument.

Turn down and except are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Turn down" instead a verb "Except".

Turn down

Turn down verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.

Except and turn down are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Except" instead a verb "Turn down".

Both terms in one sentence

  • Video Game / Rock Band On a certain song, if you turn down all of the audio except for the vocals you can see, at one point, that the singer is silently moving his mouth while no one actually sings.
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