Recognise and Sight

Recognise

Recognise verb - Perceive to be the same.

Sight and recognise are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sight" instead a verb "Recognise".

Sight

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

Recognise and sight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Recognise" instead a verb "Sight".

Nearby Words: sigh, sighted, sightly, sighting, sightless

Both words in one sentence

  • It Was with You All Along In Thom Ryng's version of The King in Yellow, the Yellow Sign was embroided on the Stranger's robes all the time, in the plain sight, but only Camilla could eventually recognise it for what it is.
  • By contrast, talented sailor and harpooner but rather Book Dumb Ned Land knows nothing much about taxonomy but can recognise many species of fish by sight.
  • Crate Expectations Despite this for some reason they're still visually presented as the classic sealed packing crate (how you open and reseal them is a mystery for the ages), perhaps so players recognise them on sight.
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