Notice and Specify

Notice

Notice verb - To make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically.

Usage example: briefly noticed in his lecture the author's first published work

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Specify and notice are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Specify" instead a verb "Notice".

Specify verb - To make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically.

Usage example: police reports didn't specify the model of car the robbers were driving

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Notice and specify are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Notice" instead a verb "Specify".

people	notice people	specify people
part	notice part	specify part
number	notice number	specify number
time	notice time	specify time
Other words: way, characters, difference, effects, details, player, girls.

Anakin happens to notice Qui-Gon didn't specify whether the cockpit could do the moving.

Source: Exact Words / Live-Action Films
Notice I didn't specify what kind of doom, so no matter what happens, I predicted it.

Source: Literature / Inheritance Cycle aka: The Inheritance Cycle
Notice that Muntz didn't specify which Roosevelt he went on a safari with.

Source: Western Animation / Up

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