The difference between Get and See

When used as nouns, get means offspring, whereas see means a diocese, archdiocese.

When used as verbs, get means to obtain, whereas see means to perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight. to witness or observe by personal experience.

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  1. Get as a verb (ditransitive):

    To obtain; to acquire.

    Examples:

    "I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store."

    "Lance is going to get Mary a ring."

  2. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To receive.

    Examples:

    "I got a computer from my parents for my birthday."

    "You need to get permission to leave early."

    "He got a severe reprimand for that."

  3. Get as a verb (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning):

    To have.

    Examples:

    "I've got a concert ticket for you."

  4. Get as a verb (copulative):

    To become.

    Examples:

    "I'm getting hungry; how about you?"

    "Don't get drunk tonight."

  5. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to become; to bring about.

    Examples:

    "That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it."

    "I'll get this finished by lunchtime."

    "I can't get these boots off upright (or on'upright )."

  6. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To fetch, bring, take.

    Examples:

    "Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?"

    "I need to get this to the office."

  7. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to do.

    Examples:

    "Somehow she got him to agree to it."

    "I can't get it to work."

  8. Get as a verb (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as [[into]], [[over]], or [[behind]]; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries [[get into]], [[get over]], etc.):

    To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).

    Examples:

    "The actors are getting into position."

    "When are we going to get to London?"

    "I'm getting into a muddle."

    "We got behind the wall."

  9. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

    Examples:

    "to get a mile"

  10. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to come or go or move.

  11. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to be in a certain status or position.

  12. Get as a verb (intransitive):

    To begin (doing something).

    Examples:

    "We ought to get moving or we'll be late."

    "After lunch we got chatting."

  13. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

    Examples:

    "I normally get the 7:45 train."

    "I'll get the 9 a.m. [flight] to Boston."

  14. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

    Examples:

    "Can you get that call, please? I'm busy."

  15. Get as a verb (intransitive, followed by infinitive):

    To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something).

    Examples:

    "I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live!"

    "The finders get to keep 80 percent of the treasure."

  16. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To understand. }}

    Examples:

    "Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny."

    "I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!"

    "I mentioned that I was feeling sad, so she mailed me a box of chocolates. She gets me."

  17. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).

    Examples:

    "You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot."

  18. Get as a verb (informal):

    To be.

    Examples:

    "He got bitten by a dog."

  19. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To become ill with or catch (a disease).

    Examples:

    "I went on holiday and got malaria."

  20. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To catch out, trick successfully.

    Examples:

    "He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time."

  21. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To perplex, stump.

    Examples:

    "That question's really got me."

  22. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To find as an answer.

    Examples:

    "What did you get for question four?"

  23. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.

    Examples:

    "The cops finally got me."

    "I'm gonna get him for that."

  24. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To hear completely; catch.

    Examples:

    "Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?"

  25. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To getter.

    Examples:

    "I put the getter into the container to get the gases."

  26. Get as a verb (now, rare):

    To beget (of a father).

  27. Get as a verb (archaic):

    To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

    Examples:

    "to get a lesson;  to get out one's Greek lesson"

  28. Get as a verb (imperative, informal):

    Examples:

    "'Get her with her new hairdo."

  29. Get as a verb (informal, mostly, imperative):

    Go away; get lost.

  30. Get as a verb (euphemism):

    To kill.

    Examples:

    "They’re coming to get you, Barbara."

  31. Get as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

  1. Get as a noun (dated):

    Offspring.

  2. Get as a noun:

    Lineage.

  3. Get as a noun (sports, tennis):

    A difficult return or block of a shot.

  4. Get as a noun:

    Something gained.

  1. Get as a noun (British, regional):

    A git.

  1. Get as a noun (Judaism):

    A Jewish writ of divorce.

  1. See as a verb (stative):

    To perceive or detect with the eyes, or as if by sight. To witness or observe by personal experience.

    Examples:

    "Now I've seen it all!"

    "I have been blind since birth and I love to read Braille. When the books arrive in from the library, I can’t wait to see what stories they have sent me."

    "I saw military service in Vietnam."

  2. See as a verb (figuratively):

    To form a mental picture of. To understand. To come to a realization of having been mistaken or misled.

    Examples:

    "Do you see what I mean?"

    "They're blind to the damage they do, but someday they'll see."

  3. See as a verb (social):

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

    Examples:

    "to go to see a friend"

    "I've been seeing her for two months"

  4. See as a verb (transitive):

    To be the setting or time of.

    Examples:

    "The 20th century saw humanity's first space exploration."

  5. See as a verb (by extension):

    To ensure that something happens, especially while witnessing it.

    Examples:

    "I'll see you hang for this!  I saw that they didn't make any more trouble."

  6. See as a verb (gambling):

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

    Examples:

    "I'll see your twenty dollars and raise you ten."

  7. See as a verb (sometimes, _, mystical):

    To foresee, predict, or prophesy.

    Examples:

    "The oracle saw the destruction of the city."

  8. See as a verb:

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

    Examples:

    "I'll come over later and see if I can fix your computer."

  9. See as a verb (used in the imperative):

    Examples:

    "You see, Johnny, your Dad isn't your real dad."

  10. See as a verb (used in the imperative):

    To reference or to study for further details.

    Examples:

    "Step 4: In the system, check out the laptop to the student (see: "Logging Resources" in the ''Tutor Manual'')."

    "This article is about the insect. For the English rock band, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles The Beatles]."

    "For a complete proof of the Poincaré conjecture, see Appendix C."

  1. See as a noun:

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

  2. See as a noun:

    The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric

  3. See as a noun:

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

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