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Detected vs Seen - What's the difference?

detected | seen |

As an adjective detected

is referring to something that has been noticed.

As a verb detected

is (detect).

As a noun seen is

.

detected

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Referring to something that has been noticed.
    • The detected submarine was tracked by sonar, it was easy once they knew where to look.

    Antonyms

    * undetected * non-detected

    Verb

    (head)
  • (detect)
    • We detected the submarine long before it observed us.

    seen

    English

    Etymology 1

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dialectal) (see); saw.
    • I seen it with my own eyes.
    Antonyms
    * unseen

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The letter in the Arabic script.

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