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What is the difference between hear and listen ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between hear and listen ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
Hi :) you could be hearing without listening if you weren't concerned about what that person was saying. In other words, hearing is just the act of recognising sounds I think! Hope this helps :)
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:^) Thank you for your effort!
It really helps to me !
It really helps to me !
- English (US)
You can listen, but not hear anything even though you are trying to. And as prancingsheep said, you can hear sounds without really listening to them.
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