Hear and Read

Hear

Hear verb - To come to an awareness of.

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Read and hear are semantically related in find out topic. In some cases you can use "Read" instead a verb "Hear", when it comes to topics like detect by perceiving sound.

Nearby Words: heart, hearing, heard, hearer

Read

Read verb - To go over and mentally take in the content of.

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Hear and read are semantically related in find out topic. Sometimes you can use "Hear" instead a verb "Read".

Nearby Words: reading, reader, readable, readability, readably

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people	hear people	read people
word	hear word	read word
name	hear name	read name
time	hear time	read time
Other words: way, story, language, words, music, version, thoughts, stories.

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The Chaos Walking Trilogy has this in the form of the Noise germ, which basically means that any thought (in the form of words, fragments of sentences, or even pictures) flows from the mind of the thinker, and is out there for anyone to hear/read/see.

Source: A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read
Alternatively, in settings with Human Alien races, you may also hear/read "Earth humanity" when referring to the people of Earth.

Source: Humans by Any Other Name
The disconnect between the avatars we see and the players we hear/read is mildly entertaining and reminiscent of Darths & Droids.

Source: Embellished Webcomics

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