Gather and Search

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Gather verb - Look for (food) in nature.

Usage example: Our ancestors gathered nuts in the Fall

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Search and gather are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Search" instead a verb "Gather".

Nearby Words: gathering, gathered, gatherer

Search verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.

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Gather and search are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gather" instead a verb "Search".

points	gather points	search points
materials	gather materials	search materials

Interrogate various suspects, gather equipment to help your investigation, and search for vital clues.

Source: Pinball / Whodunnit?
Squad Controls: Rudimentary in GEB; you can tell your NPC allies to search, spread out, gather, or converge (the last of which works on all NPCs on the map, not just the ones near you).

Source: Franchise / God Eater aka: God Eater Burst
Cartography Sidequest: One of BLADE's primary missions is to explore and map out planet Mira, in order to gather data on the indigenous wildlife, search for resources, and to recover wreckage from the White Whale; particularly, what's left of the Lifehold.

Source: Video Game / Xenoblade Chronicles X

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