Espy vs Detect - What's the difference?
espy | detect | Related terms |
To catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd.
To inspect narrowly; to examine and keep watch upon; to watch; to observe.
* Jeremy Taylor
To look or search narrowly; to look about; to watch; to take notice; to spy.
* Bible, Jer. xlviii. 19
Espy is a related term of detect.
As verbs the difference between espy and detect
is that espy is to catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; to discover, as a distant object partly concealed, or not obvious to notice; to see at a glance; to discern unexpectedly; to spy; as, to espy land; to espy a man in a crowd while detect is to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.As an adjective detect is
(obsolete) detected.espy
English
Verb
- He sends angels to espy us in all our ways.
- Stand by the way, and espy .
