eye vs see

eye

verb
  • To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something). 

  • To allow (fish eggs) to develop so that the black eye spots are visible. 

  • To remove the reproductive buds from (potatoes). 

  • To carefully or appraisingly observe (someone or something). (poetic) 

noun
  • A fitting consisting of a loop of metal or other material, suitable for receiving a hook or the passage of a cord or line. 

  • A hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed. 

  • The dark spot on a black-eyed pea. 

  • A meaningful stare or look. 

  • One of the holes in certain kinds of cheese. 

  • The circle in the centre of a volute. 

  • The relatively clear and calm center of a hurricane or other cyclonic storm. 

  • An empty point or group of points surrounded by one player's stones. 

  • The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour. 

  • A private eye: a privately hired detective or investigator. 

  • A mark on an animal, such as a peacock or butterfly, resembling a human eye. 

  • The oval hole of an axehead through which the axehandle is fitted. 

  • The visual sense. 

  • A loop forming part of anything, or a hole through anything, to receive a rope, hook, pin, shaft, etc.; for example, at the end of a tie bar in a bridge truss, through a crank, at the end of a rope, or through a millstone. 

  • The enclosed counter (negative space) of the small letter e. 

  • Tinge; shade of colour. 

  • The ability to notice what others might miss. 

  • The name of the Latin-script letter I. 

  • Attention, notice. 

  • An organ through which animals see (perceive surroundings via light). 

  • View or opinion. 

  • A reproductive bud in a potato. 

  • A brood. 

  • The dark brown center of a black-eyed Susan flower. 

  • That which resembles the eye in relative importance or beauty. 

see

verb
  • To witness or observe by personal experience. 

  • Used to emphasise a proposition. 

  • To date frequently. 

  • To be the setting or time of. 

  • To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it. 

  • To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled. 

  • To foresee, predict, or prophesy. 

  • To visit for a medical appointment. 

  • To reference or to study for further details. 

  • To examine something closely, or to utilize something, often as a temporary alternative. 

  • To watch (a movie) at a cinema, or a show on television etc. 

  • To understand. 

  • To form a mental picture of. 

  • To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight. 

  • To wait upon; attend, escort. 

  • To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value. 

  • To determine by trial or experiment; to find out (if or whether). 

  • To include as one of something's experiences. 

  • To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit. 

noun
  • A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised. 

  • a diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop. 

  • The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric 

intj
  • Introducing an explanation 

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