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Realised vs Detected - What's the difference?

realised | detected |

As verbs the difference between realised and detected

is that realised is (uk) (realise) while detected is (detect).

As an adjective detected is

referring to something that has been noticed.

realised

English

Verb

(head)
  • (UK) (realise)

    • Anagrams

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    realise

    English

    Verb

    (realis)
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=6, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told , passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}

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    Anagrams

    * British English

    detected

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Referring to something that has been noticed.
    • The detected submarine was tracked by sonar, it was easy once they knew where to look.

    Antonyms

    * undetected * non-detected

    Verb

    (head)
  • (detect)
    • We detected the submarine long before it observed us.