Reading and See

Reading

Reading noun - A presentation of an artistic work (as a piece of music) from a particular point of view.

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See and reading are semantically related. In some cases you can use "See" instead a verb "Reading".

Nearby Words: read, reader, readable, readout, readability

See verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.

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Reading and see are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Reading" with "See", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Words: seen, seeing

good	good reading	good see
similar	similar reading	similar see
solid	solid reading	solid see
obvious	obvious reading	obvious see
Other adjectives: popular, actual, great, little, bad, main, interesting, odd, last, different.

But take a close look at the newspaper the protagonist is reading when she first meets Bus Rodent, and you'll see it has an advert on the front page with a definitely Not Safe for Work image.

Source: Series / Fleabag
A good way to see this is by reading any of the later books (especially Order of the Phoenix) and comparing them to the first: don't want to be Harry Potter anymore, do ya?

Source: Escapist Character
Instead, you see a bright red box reading "R18" and the horrified/fascinated expressions of the characters around it.

Source: Visual Novel / ATOM GRRRL!!

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