Perceive vs Heed - What's the difference?
perceive | heed | Related terms |
To see, to be aware of, to understand.
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, author=Colin Allen
, title=Do I See What You See?
, volume=100, issue=2, page=168
, magazine=(American Scientist)
Careful attention.
* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 4
To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
* Dryden
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(archaic) To pay attention, care.
Perceive is a related term of heed.
As a verb perceive
is to see, to be aware of, to understand.As a noun heed is
heathen, pagan or heed can be heath.perceive
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
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Synonyms
* (l)References
*heed
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Noun
(-)- Then for a few minutes I did not pay much heed to what was said, being terribly straitened for room, and cramped with pain from lying so long in one place.
Usage notes
* Often used with give, pay or take.Synonyms
* (careful attention) attention, notice, observation, regardVerb
(en verb)- With pleasure Argus the musician heeds .
Life in a Russian Prison," New York Times (retrieved 24 September 2013):
- Tolokonnikova not only tried to adjust to life in the penal colony but she even tried to heed the criticism levied at her by colony representatives during a parole hearing.