Tell and Update

Tell

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

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Update and tell are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Update" instead a verb "Tell".

Nearby Words: telling, teller

Update verb - To adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage.

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Tell and update are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Tell" instead a verb "Update".

Nearby Words: updated, updating

name	tell name	update name
rest	tell rest	update rest
way	tell way	update way
characters	tell characters	update characters
Other words: story, information, stories.

Time will tell, while Terraria's final update has been released, Starbound is still constantly being updated. L.A.

Source: Dueling Works / Sandbox Simulation
During the Cerberus side quest an update will tell you that you haven't found Admiral Kahoku even though you never had any reason to think that he was on the planet until that moment.

Source: Video Game / Mass Effect
Strictly speaking it can be used with plans that as far as anyone can tell are already going as planned — it's just a status update so that we only ever worry when people stop saying it.

Source: All According to Plan

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