Update and Warn

Update

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

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

Nearby Words: updated, updating

Warn verb - To give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk.

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Update and warn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Update" instead a verb "Warn".

Nearby Words: warning, warned

rest	update rest	warn rest
characters	update characters	warn characters

In the MS Paint Adventures series Homestuck, in order to warn the viewer that the next update will have sound in it, every flash update with sound will start with an [S] in the link to the page.

Source: Musical Spoiler
You can appreciate the ideological update: the 1951 original had the aliens trying to warn humanity about the hazards of the atom bomb.

Source: Scary Dogmatic Aliens

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Warn and Update. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/update/warn

Update & Warn. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/update/warn>.

Warn or Update. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/update/warn.

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