Observe vs. See — What's the Difference?

Notice or perceive (something) and register it as being significant

Perceive with the eyes; discern visually

Make a remark

Discern or deduce after reflection or from information; understand

Fulfil or comply with (a social, legal, ethical, or religious obligation)

Experience or witness (an event or situation)

To be or become aware of, especially through careful and directed attention; notice

Meet (someone one knows) socially or by chance

To watch attentively

Escort or conduct (someone) to a specified place

To make a systematic or scientific observation of

Ensure

To say casually; remark

(in poker or brag) equal the bet of (an opponent) and require them to reveal their cards in order to determine who has won the hand.

To adhere to or abide by; comply with

The place in which a cathedral church stands, identified as the seat of authority of a bishop or archbishop.

To act in acknowledgment of (a holiday, for example); keep or celebrate

To perceive with the eye

To maintain (silence or a period of silence), as out of respect for someone who has died.

To detect by means analogous to use of the eye

To take notice

To attend or view as a spectator

To say something; make a comment or remark

To refer to or look at

To watch or be present without participating actively

To become aware of or apprehend

(transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.

To find out or ascertain, often by moving

(transitive) To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).

To take note of; recognize

(transitive) To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence); to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).

To consider to be; regard

(intransitive) To comment on something; to make an observation.

To have a mental image of; visualize

(archaic) An observation remark, comment or judgement.

To foresee or imagine

To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or commands; to observe civility.

To know through firsthand experience; undergo or experience

To be on the watch respecting; to pay attention to; to notice with care; to see; to perceive; to notice; to discover; as, to observe an eclipse; to observe the color or fashion of a dress; to observe the movements of an army; to observe an accident.

To be characterized by; be the time for

To express as what has been noticed; to utter as a remark; to say in a casual or incidental way; to remark.

To be subjected to; undergo

To take notice; to give attention to what one sees or hears; to attend.

To visit, meet, or be in the company of

To make a remark; to comment; to make an observation{3}; - generally with on or upon.

To share the companionship of as a romantic partner

Discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of;

To visit for consultation

Make mention of;

To admit or receive, as for consultation or a social visit

Observe with care or pay close attention to;

To escort; attend

Watch attentively;

To make sure; take care

Show respect towards;

To meet (a bet) in card games.

Celebrate, as of holidays or rites;

To meet the bet of (another player).

Follow with the eyes or the mind;

To have the power to perceive with the eyes

Observe correctly or closely;

To have the ability to detect or record visual information

Conform one's action or practice to;

To understand; comprehend

To consider

To go and look

To ascertain; find out

To have foresight

The official seat, center of authority, jurisdiction, or office of a bishop.

(Obsolete) A cathedra.

(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.

To witness or observe by personal experience.

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

To form a mental picture of.

(figuratively) To understand.

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

(transitive) To foresee, predict, or prophesy.

(used in the imperative) Used to emphasise a proposition.

(social) To meet, to visit.

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

To date frequently.

To visit for a medical appointment.

(transitive; ergative) To be the setting or time of.

(by extension) To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.

(transitive) 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).

(used in the imperative) To reference or to study for further details.

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

To include as one of something's experiences.

Introducing an explanation

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

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

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

The seat of episcopal power; a diocese; the jurisdiction of a bishop; as, the see of New York.

To perceive by the eye; to have knowledge of the existence and apparent qualities of by the organs of sight; to behold; to descry; to view.

To perceive by mental vision; to form an idea or conception of; to note with the mind; to observe; to discern; to distinguish; to understand; to comprehend; to ascertain.

To follow with the eyes, or as with the eyes; to watch; to regard attentively; to look after.

To have an interview with; especially, to make a call upon; to visit; as, to go to see a friend.

To fall in with; to meet or associate with; to have intercourse or communication with; hence, to have knowledge or experience of; as, to see military service.

To accompany in person; to escort; to wait upon; as, to see one home; to see one aboard the cars.

In poker and similar games at cards, to meet (a bet), or to equal the bet of (a player), by staking the same sum.

To have the power of sight, or of perceiving by the proper organs; to possess or employ the sense of vision; as, he sees distinctly.

Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension; to perceive; to know; to understand; to discern; - often followed by a preposition, as through, or into.

To be attentive; to take care; to give heed; - generally with to; as, to see to the house.

The seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located

Perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight;

Perceive (an idea or situation) mentally;

Perceive or be contemporaneous with;

Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind;

Deem to be;

Get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally;

See or watch;

Find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort;

Come together;

Be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something;

Go to see for professional or business reasons;

Go to see for a social visit;

Visit a place, as for entertainment;

Take charge of or deal with;

Receive as a specified guest;

Date regularly; have a steady relationship with;

See and understand, have a good eye;

Deliberate or decide;

Observe as if with an eye;

Observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect;

Go or live through;

Accompany or escort;

Match or meet;

Make sense of; assign a meaning to;

Compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)