Realize
Realize verb - To come to an awareness of.
Understanding is a synonym for realize. In some cases you can replace term "Understanding" with "Realize", this verbs are similar.
Understanding
Understanding adjective - Having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another.
Realize is a synonym for understanding. Sometimes you can use "Realize" instead a verb "Understanding".
Both words in one sentence
- But she is so foolish to pretend to have any understanding of those words, and too young to realize how foolish she is.
- He never complains or angsts about his situation, probably because he doesn't realize what he is or accepts it without understanding it.
Source: Cloning Blues - The implied understanding was that she would eventually come to realize that appearances are only skin deep etc etc.
Source: Broken Aesop / Live-Action TV
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