Serving and Telling

Serving

Serving noun - The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone.
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Synonyms for Serving

Telling and serving are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Telling" instead an adjective "Serving".

Nearby Words: serve, service, servicing, servant, served

Telling

Telling adjective - Having the power to persuade.

Serving and telling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Serving" instead an adjective "Telling".

Nearby Words: tell, teller, telly

Both words in one sentence

  • Prushka the Mouse reveals she's serving ten years for telling an "anecdot" - anti-government joke.
  • Stealth Hi/Bye Once when she was telling another character about who the doctor was and what she had seen him do, thus accidentally serving the Doctor some spoilers since those things were still in his future.
  • Threshold Guardians In Jasper Fforde's The Fourth Bear, Jack lampshades this by actually telling the psychologist who is evaluating his fitness for duty that she is serving this role.
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