Learn and Ponder

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Learn verb - To acquire complete knowledge, understanding, or skill in.

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Ponder and learn are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ponder" instead a verb "Learn".

Nearby Words: learned, learning, learner, learnedly, learnt

Ponder verb - To give serious and careful thought to.

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Learn and ponder are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Learn" instead a verb "Ponder".

ability	learn ability	ponder ability
move	learn move	ponder move
truth	learn truth	ponder truth
nature	learn nature	ponder nature
Other words: fate, place, time, words, meaning, techniques.

At the end, Ponder Stibbons studies the Dancers and quotes Isaac Newton about playing with pebbles while there is a vast ocean of truth waiting to be discovered—to which the Librarian retorts (via the narrative) that it is by studying the pebbles that you learn about the ocean.

Source: Discworld / Lords and Ladies

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