Following and Observing

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Following noun - A body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person.

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Observing and following are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Observing" instead a noun "Following".

Nearby Words: follow, follower, followed

Observing adjective - Quick to notice; showing quick and keen perception.

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Following and observing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Following" instead a noun "Observing".

Treated as an abomination by his own kind, Castiel found solace in observing humans and following their ships.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Supernatural
Spanner in the Works: Much of the plot would never have happened as it did had Happy not been following Savin and observing his meeting with Jack Taggart.

Source: Film / Iron Man 3
One might say that the 1993 film Twenty Bucks is an Object-Tracking Movie, following a twenty-dollar bill from the mint to the shredder and observing all the lives it touched.

Source: Object Tracking Shot

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