Notice vs Collect - What's the difference?

In lang=en terms the difference between notice and collect

is that notice is to detect; to perceive with the mind while collect is to infer; to conclude.

As nouns the difference between notice and collect

is that notice is the act of observing; perception while collect is (christianity) the prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the book of common prayer.

As verbs the difference between notice and collect

is that notice is to observe or take notice of while collect is to gather together; amass.

As an adjective collect is

to be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.

As an adverb collect is

with payment due from the recipient.

notice

English

Noun

(en noun)

The act of observing; perception.

*: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.

(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.

(lb) A published critical review of a play or the like.(rfex)

(lb) Prior notification.

*(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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collect

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) collecten, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To gather together; amass.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)

, title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.}}

To get; particularly, get from someone.

To accumulate a number of similar or related (objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.

To form a conclusion; to deduce, infer. (Compare (gather), (get).)

* 1992 , (Hilary Mantel), A Place of Greater Safety , Harper Perennial 2007, p. 292-3:

the riot is so great that it is very difficult to collect what is being said.

* John Locke

which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected .

To collect payments.

To come together in a group or mass.

To collect objects as a hobby.

To infer; to conclude.

* South

Whence some collect that the former word imports a plurality of persons.

Adjective

(-)

To be paid for by the recipient, as a telephone call or a shipment.

It was to be a collect delivery, but no-one was available to pay.

Adverb

(-)

With payment due from the recipient.

I had to call collect .

Derived terms

* call collect * collect one's thoughts * collect one's wits * collect up * collectible * collection * collector * recollect, recollection

Etymology 2

(Wikipedia) From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun) (sometimes capitalized)

(Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.

He used the day's collect as the basis of his sermon.

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