Observe vs Attend - What's the difference?
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(lb) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
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*1892 , (Arthur Conan Doyle),
*:“One horse?” interjected Holmes. ¶ “Yes, only one.” ¶ “Did you observe the colour?”
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-03, author=Frank Fish, George Lauder
, volume=101, issue=2, page=114, magazine=(American Scientist)
, title= (lb) To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
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*Bible, (w)
*:Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread.
*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=November 10, author=Jeremy Wilson, work=Telegraph
, title= (lb) To comment on something; to make an observation.
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*:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ ("I never) understood it," she observed , lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
(archaic) To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed.
* Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
(archaic) To listen ((to), (unto)).
* , chapter=15
, title= To wait upon as a servant etc.; to accompany to assist (someone).
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
* (1800-1859)
(senseid)To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
, passage=In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.}}
* 1994 , (Nelson Mandela), (Long Walk to Freedom) , Abacus 2010, p. 20:
To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to.
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.
* (John Locke) (1632-1705)
* (John Dryden) (1631-1700)
As verbs the difference between observe and attend
is that observe is while attend is ("to kindle") or attend can be (archaic|transitive) to listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed.observe
English
Verb
(observ)Not Just Going with the Flow, passage=An extreme version of vorticity is a vortex . The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.}}
England Under 21 5 Iceland Under 21 0: match report, passage=A sell-out crowd of 10,000 then observed perfectly a period of silence before the team revealed their black armbands, complete with stitched-in poppies, for the match. After Fifa’s about-turn, it must have been a frantic few days for the England kit manufacturer. The on-field challenge was altogether more straightforward. }}
Synonyms
* (follow a custom) celebrateDerived terms
* observance * observant * observation * observational * observatory * observerExternal links
* *Anagrams
* * English reporting verbs ----attend
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) attenden, atenden, from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) attenden, atenden, from (etyl) ; see tend and compare attempt.Verb
(en verb)- The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskilful words of the passenger.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.}}
- The fifth had charge sick persons to attend .
- Attends the emperor in his royal court.
- With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to attend William thither.
- I attended a one-room school next door to the palace and studied English, Xhosa, history and geography.
- What cares must then attend the toiling swain.
A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
- the state that attends all men after this
- Three days I promised to attend my doom.