Detect vs Select - What's the difference?
detect | select |
(obsolete) Detected.
Privileged, specially selected.
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*:A few select spirits had separated from the crowd, and formed a fit audience round a far greater teacher.
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*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
Of high quality; top-notch.
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To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options.
As adjectives the difference between detect and select
is that detect is (obsolete) detected while select is select.As a verb detect
is to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.detect
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Derived terms
* detection * detective * detectorSee also
* discover * find * stumble uponAdjective
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* *select
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Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(en verb)- He looked over the menu, and selected the roast beef.
- The program computes all the students' grades, then selects a random sample for human verification.