Notification points to
search (e.g. for someone using a search engine) is an action pointing at the target object for a search query
Similarly, notice is another pointing at action that points to an object without a separate query.
The difference is whether it assumes active user behavior or not.
Users receiving notifications are passive
[Notification is an automatic search
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