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Notice vs Necrology - What's the difference?

notice | necrology |

As nouns the difference between notice and necrology

is that notice is the act of observing; perception while necrology is a church register containing the names of those connected with the church who have died.

As a verb notice

is to observe or take notice of.

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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    necrology

    English

    Noun

    (necrologies)
  • A church register containing the names of those connected with the church who have died.
  • A listing of people who have died during a specific period of time.
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 366:
    • Voltaire and Rousseau died in 1778, d'Alembert in 1783, and Diderot in 1784, while leading salonnières Mesdames du Deffand and d'Épinay passed away in 1780 and 1783. Beneath this sombre necrology , important shifts were occurring in the workings of the public sphere and in the sites in which opinion was constructed.
  • * 2006 Marc Fisher; We Loved That Airline To Death; Washington Post
    • The fare structure is one reason Independence Air has joined a necrology of low-cost carriers that stretches over four decades.
  • A notice of death; an obituary.
  • The study of death or the dead.

    • Synonyms

    * (notice of death) obituary

    External links

    * (wikipedia "necrology")