listen means listen carefully, interpreting and assimilating the sounds and noises that are picked up by hearing.
When someone is listening to something it means they are aware and attentive to what you are hearing. Furthermore, listening is understanding and processing the information being received.
Example: "You can tell me I'm listening to you".
Some people confuse the correct spelling of this word, confusing to listen with sculpt. Both terms exist in the Portuguese language, but the act of paying attention to what you hear is listening. to scrounge is the same as make sculptures, that is, sculpt.
Some of the main synonyms for listening are: paying attention, perceiving, attending, obeying and accepting.
Etymologically, the word listen originated in Portuguese through Latin auscultation, which can be translated as "listening carefully".
difference between listening and listening
Hearing is the action of receiving sounds and noise through hearing, that is, everything that the ear picks up. Listening, on the other hand, is the act of paying attention to what you hear.
Find out more about the difference between listening and listening.