Oversee vs Detect - What's the difference?
oversee | detect |
(literally) To survey, look at something in a wide angle.
(figuratively) To supervise, guide, review or direct the actions of a person or group.
To inspect, examine
(obsolete) To fail to see; to overlook, ignore.
* , II.ix:
To observe secretly or unintentionally.
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between oversee and detect
is that oversee is (obsolete) to fail to see; to overlook, ignore while detect is (obsolete) detected.As verbs the difference between oversee and detect
is that oversee is (literally) to survey, look at something in a wide angle while detect is to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.As an adjective detect is
(obsolete) detected.oversee
English
Verb
(transitive)- It is congress's duty to oversee the spending of federal funds.
- Gamekeepers oversee a hunting ground to see to the wildlife's welfare and look for poachers.
- Thereat the Elfe did blush in priuitee, / And turnd his face away; but she the same / Dissembled faire, and faynd to ouersee .
