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Hear vs Notice - What's the difference?

hear | notice |

As verbs the difference between hear and notice

is that hear is (label) to perceive sounds through the ear while notice is to observe or take notice of.

As a noun notice is

the act of observing; perception.

hear

English

(wikipedia hear)

Verb

  • (label) To perceive sounds through the ear.
  • (label) To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.
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  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}
  • (label) To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
  • * 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) X:
  • Agayne there was dissencion amonge the iewes for these sayinges, and many of them sayd: He hath the devyll, and is madde: why heare ye hym?
  • *{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
  • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=3 , passage=It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]”}}
  • (label) To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).
  • (label) To receive information about; to come to learn of.
  • * 1667 , (John Milton), (Paradise Lost) :
  • Adam, soon as he heard / The fatal Trespass don by Eve, amaz'd, / Astonied stood and Blank [...].
  • (label) To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try.
  • To sympathize with; to share the feeling or opinion of.
  • Derived terms

    * another county heard from * forehear * hard of hearing * hear about * hear hear * hear on the grapevine * hear out * hear the grass grow * hearing aid * mishear * overhear * rehear

    See also

    * audible * deaf * listen

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    notice

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of observing; perception.
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  • *:Athelstan Arundel walked homeHe walked the whole way, walking through crowds, and under the noses of dray-horses, carriage-horses, and cart-horses, without taking the least notice of them.
  • *(Isaac Watts) (1674-1748)
  • *:How ready is envy to mingle with the notices we take of other persons?
  • (lb) A written or printed announcement.
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  • (lb) A formal notification or warning.
  • The sidewalk adjacent to the damaged bridge stonework shall be closed until further notice .
  • (senseid) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee or vice versa.
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  • (lb) A published critical review of a play or the like.(rfex)
  • (lb) Prior notification.
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  • *(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • *:Ihave given him notice that the Duke of Cornwall and Regan his duchess will be here.
  • (lb) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
  • Derived terms

    * short notice

    Verb

    (notic)
  • To observe or take notice of.
  • * 1991 ,
  • So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before'' or ''after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].}}
  • To detect; to perceive with the mind.
  • Synonyms

    * recognize

    Antonyms

    * ignore * neglect

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