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Synonyms
( المترادفات)
Synonyms are words of the same
grammatical class that have a similar, but not an
identical, meaning.
Here are some common synonyms which
we misuse, and which contain one general
notion, but differ in the
way in which they are expressed.
* Contagious, epidemic,
endemic.-
(وبائى)
Contagious is used when a
disease is communicated by contact.
(عندما تكون العدوى
باللمس)
eg. Scarlet
fever is contagious.
Epidemic is used when a disease comes
upon or attacks for a time a whole district.
( عندما يهاجم الوباء
منطقة)
eg An
influenza is epidemic.
Endemic is used when a
disease prevails in a particular class /neighbourhood.
( عندما يهاجم المرض طبقة معينة)
eg All
miners are ill. There must be an endemic disease.
* Observe, notice, remark.-
( يلاحظ)
To observe is a general or continuous act.(
يراقب تصرف أو سلوك مستمر لفترة)
eg He
observes the behaviour of birds.
To notice is to observe in a
cursory way. (
يلاحظ بشكل متسرع او دون عناية بالتفاصيل)
eg I
noticed that he left early.
To remark is to observe peculiarites of
something.( يلاحظ تفاصيل شئ
معين)
eg Did you remark
the similarities between the brain and the computer?
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