[question] What verb word do you use as 'to recognize the commonality'?
Mar 06th 2010 07:46
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I learned the words 'distinguish' and 'differentiate', these are translated as '区別する' into Japanese.
According to LDOCE, these two means below.
===quote===
distinguish [verb]
to recognize and understand the difference between two or more things or people
differentiate [verb]
to recognize or express the difference between things or people
===unquote===
Both mean 'to recognize the difference between somethings'
Then, I wonder if there is a word which means 'to recognize the commonality between somethings'.
If the question make sense, would you tell me the answer?
Thanks in advance. :)
According to LDOCE, these two means below.
===quote===
distinguish [verb]
to recognize and understand the difference between two or more things or people
differentiate [verb]
to recognize or express the difference between things or people
===unquote===
Both mean 'to recognize the difference between somethings'
Then, I wonder if there is a word which means 'to recognize the commonality between somethings'.
If the question make sense, would you tell me the answer?
Thanks in advance. :)
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You could also say something like "associate" or "connect," which would be kind of like finding how two things have something in common. So you can say, "doctors associate/connect smoking with lung cancer." It doesn't mean they're the same, but it means there's a connection between the two things.
Thank you two for giving comments.
It seems that my word choice 'commonality' was not exact for my question.
What the case I wanted to say as 'to recognize the (some word)' is, for example 'I finally found out that he is the person who have given me a lot of help without telling who he/she is.
(to recognize A is the same as B)
Anyway your information help me to improve my English.
Thanks a lot!