listening vs. hearing I didn't know before that there's a great difference in meaning between listen(v) and hear(v). Briefly and simply, hearing means listening carefully. Since I knew and get the difference, I have noticed that 99% of people I know and surround me just listen no one unfortunately hears me. So, I have decided to hear from all of these people I do care about them and to look for those ones who love to hear me. Things seem to be similar to us while they are not, the same here for verbs. Pick up the verbs you use in order to be expressive and meaningful.