Merit and Notice

Merit

Merit noun - A quality that gives something special worth.

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Notice and merit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Notice" instead a noun "Merit".

Nearby Words: merited, meriting

Notice noun - A published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest.

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Merit and notice are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Merit" instead a noun "Notice".

special	special merit	special notice
particular	particular merit	particular notice
exceptional	exceptional merit	exceptional notice
standard	standard merit	standard notice
Other adjectives: considerable, legal, sheer, obvious, real, great, serious, huge, little, bad, new, military, significant, historical.

It doesn't really merit any notice, but toward the movie's end we find out 'TPC' is The Phone Company, which has been tailing and finally abducting him.

Source: Van in Black
Forester did this while at the same time using many real historical figures (there was a Captain Pellew, for example), but usually not in a way that you'd expect their interaction to merit special historical notice.

Source: Been There, Shaped History
Any merit that allows the mortal to see ghosts or spirits usually has the downside that, even if they aren't immediately drawn to you, both such creatures will notice being noticed and at the least pester you and at worst try to possess you.

Source: Supernaturally Delicious and Nutritious

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