Hear about
See and hear about are semantically related. In some cases you can use "See" instead a verb "Hear about".
See
See verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.
Hear about and see are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hear about" instead a verb "See".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- Subverted with Berti — he is the killer in the first few murders we see or hear about, but gets killed by Neal halfway through the film.
Source: Film / Tenebre -
While he's a dirty-minded perv and loves sex, we mostly just see or hear about the times he was forced into sex.
Source: A Man Is Always Eager -
It's called Fairyland, it's a separate magical dimension from Earth, there are fairies though there used to be a lot more of them, and most of the monarchs we see or hear about are queens.
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