sight vs discover
discover vs sightsight is a noun but discover is not a noun.
sight and discover both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sight | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| discover | No | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
discover is a hyponym of
sight; that is, discover is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
sight:
- sight: catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
- discover: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes
| sight (noun) | discover (noun) |
|---|---|
| the act of looking or seeing or observing | |
| the ability to see; the visual faculty | |
| an instance of visual perception | |
| the range of vision | |
| a range of mental vision | |
| a place of interest, especially to visitors | |
| anything that is seen | |
| (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent |
| sight (verb) | discover (verb) |
|---|---|
| catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes | get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally |
| take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device) | identify as in botany or biology, for example |
| make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret | |
| 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 |
Words related to "sight"
- achromatic vision
- acuity
- aim
- batch
- binocular vision
- central vision
- chromatic vision
- color vision
- compass
- comprehend
- daylight vision
- deal
- deluge
- descry
- detect
- direct
- discover
- display
- distance vision
- espy
- exteroception
- eyeful
- eyesight
- find
- flock
- flood
- good deal
- grasp
- great deal
- hatful
- haymow
- heap
- inundation
- ken
- large indefinite amount
- large indefinite quantity
- look
- looking
- looking at
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mickle
- mint
- modality
- monocular vision
- mountain
- muckle
- near vision
- night vision
- night-sight
- notice
- observe
- passel
- peck
- perceive
- peripheral vision
- perspective
- photopic vision
- pile
- plenty
- position
- pot
- quite a little
- raft
- range
- reach
- rewatch
- scotopic vision
- seeing
- sense modality
- sensory system
- sharp-sightedness
- sightedness
- sighting
- slew
- spate
- spectacle
- spot
- spy
- stack
- stigmatism
- survey
- take
- take aim
- tidy sum
- torrent
- tourist attraction
- train
- trichromacy
- twilight vision
- view
- vision
- visual acuity
- visual image
- visual modality
- visual percept
- visual sense
- visual system
- wad
Words related to "discover"
- ascertain
- assort
- attain
- babble
- babble out
- betray
- bewray
- blab
- blab out
- blackwash
- blow
- break
- bring out
- catch
- catch out
- chance on
- chance upon
- class
- classify
- come across
- come out
- come out of the closet
- come upon
- comprehend
- conceive
- conceptualise
- conceptualize
- confide
- describe
- detect
- determine
- disclose
- discover
- discoverer
- discovery
- distinguish
- divulge
- expose
- fall upon
- find
- find out
- gestate
- get a line
- get around
- get out
- get the goods
- get wind
- get word
- give away
- happen upon
- hear
- identify
- instantiate
- key
- key out
- leak
- learn
- let on
- let out
- let the cat out of the bag
- light upon
- muckrake
- name
- notice
- observe
- out
- peach
- perceive
- pick up
- rediscover
- regain
- reveal
- see
- sell someone out
- sense
- separate
- sight
- sing
- sort
- sort out
- spill the beans
- spring
- spy
- strike
- talk
- tattle
- tell
- trace
- trip up
- uncover
- unwrap
- wise up
- witness
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