Explain and Notice

Explain

Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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Notice and explain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Notice" instead a verb "Explain".

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

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Explain and notice are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Notice".

change	explain change	notice change
lack	explain lack	notice lack
presence	explain presence	notice presence
time	explain time	notice time
Other words: fact, way, difference, absence, details, behavior, feelings, events, differences, similarities.

This helps explain why she was so distressed at the eviction notice, along with why she suddenly decided to help David in his wacky plan and asked for a seemingly large sum of money.

Source: Film / We're the Millers
However, this doesn't explain why none of the other cars around them seem to notice.

Source: Just Keep Driving
This doesn't seem too hard to explain away for most of the movie (the only people who spend enough time around him to notice are his adoptive parents, his true love, and not-much-time-left retirees) but the doctor at the end when he's a child with dementia seems to work it out and tell no-one.

Source: Film / The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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