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discover vs trip up

trip up vs discover

discover and trip up both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
discover No No Yes No
trip up No No Yes No
As verbs, trip up is a hyponym of discover; that is, trip up is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than discover:
  • discover: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
  • trip up: detect a blunder or misstep
Other hyponyms of discover include get the goods, wise up, catch, ascertain.
discover (verb) trip up (verb)
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally detect a blunder or misstep
identify as in botany or biology, for example make an error
make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret cause to stumble
make a discovery, make a new finding
see for the first time; make a discovery
discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
find unexpectedly
Difference between discover and trip up

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