Hear vs Notice - What's the difference?
hear | notice |
(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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(label) To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
* 1526 , (William Tyndale), trans. Bible , (w) X:
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, 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) :
(label) To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try.
To sympathize with; to share the feeling or opinion of.
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.
(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.
To observe or take notice of.
* 1991 ,
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= To detect; to perceive with the mind.
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
- 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?
George Goodchild
- Adam, soon as he heard / The fatal Trespass don by Eve, amaz'd, / Astonied stood and Blank [...].
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 * rehearSee also
* audible * deaf * listenReferences
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*notice
English
Noun
(en noun)- The sidewalk adjacent to the damaged bridge stonework shall be closed until further notice .
Derived terms
* short noticeVerb
(notic)- So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before'' or ''after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
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, […].}}