Difference between mention and heed
Definitions
verb
- make mention of
- make reference to
- commend
noun
- an official recognition of merit
- a remark that calls attention to something or someone
- a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
Examples
(12 May 2006) - Three years in the business might seem like a too-brief span for a retrospective, but since 2003, Washington D. C.-based quartet the Fort Knox Five founded their own record label (called Fort Knox Recordings), remixed the likes of Tito Puente, Louis Armstrong, And Tower of Power, and collaborated with hip hop's elder statesman Africa Bambaataa-not to mention all the bodies they've got moving on the ...
It appears well evident that the above mentioned compound is rapidly absorbed by the nasal mucosa into the systemic hematic circulation without first-pass metabolism.
Paraguay tea, which they call matte, as I mentioned before, is always drunk twice a day: this is brought upon a large silver salver, with four legs raised upon it, to receive a little cup made out of a small calabash or gourd, and tipped with silver.
Definitions
noun
- paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)
verb
- pay close attention to; give heed to
Examples
We could have stalled the ruination of thousands of small production units if we had paid heed to the plea of a level-playing field.
These tracts heed the critical strictures against both love and wit.
The voice was wheedling, half chanting, with a sickish thrill in it.
