Recount and Say

Recount

Recount verb - To give an oral or written account of in some detail.

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Say and recount are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Say" instead a verb "Recount".

Nearby Words: recounted, recounting

Say verb - To express (a thought or emotion) in words.

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Recount and say are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Recount" instead a verb "Say".

Nearby Word: saying

Hawkeye retorts, "It was, to say the least, fascinating; it was, to say the most, perjury," and proceeds to recount the more likely scenario: Frank is bumbling and obnoxious, while Hawk and BJ are trying to ignore him and do their job.

Source: Self-Serving Memory
Some gatecrashers say they heard whispering in the darkness, some recount terrifying experiences of encountering monstrous presences, and an unlucky few even come out the other side of the gate as a gibbering heap, their sanity ripped away by the transport.

Source: Hyperspace Is a Scary Place
Eva looks like a kindly housewife and loving (if not fiercely protective) mother with Silk Hiding Steel vibes at a first glance, but Dante's comment to Trish that she lacks Eva's fire and his recount of her Heroic Sacrifice might say otherwise.

Source: Alternative Character Interpretation / Video Games

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