I only have basic 和英 definitions to go on, but I'm guessing the nuance is that
覚える has more to do with things you learn or study, and 見覚える is more like
remembering experiences. Or is there something more, or are they just
synonymous?
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What is the difference between 覚える and 見覚える?
From [`Yahoo`](http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch/0/0ss/118679100000/)

```

    見覚える：  
     1. 見て覚える。
     2. 前に見て覚えている。
    
```

So you see something and memorize it. I think you can associate to visual
memory.
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After some discussions, I decided to remove my previous answer and put it into
a question I created on my own: [Possible ways to express remembrance and
recall](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/9534/possible-ways-to-
express-remembrance-and-recall/9535#9535).

I did this because that answer is wider than the one required here.

You can check the question, it might be useful.

### Talking about 覚{おぼ}える and 見{み}覚{おぼ}える...

I came up looking at a question were someone asked the difference between
verbs 覚{おぼ}える and 見{み}覚{おぼ}える. Since it is pertinent, I will spend some lines
about this as well.

Somehow these two verbs are interchangeable but I am not sure about this
because I never heard in my experience people using 見{み}覚{おぼ}える. On the other
hand I heard them using a lot 覚{おぼ}える. Both mean "to remember" as I specified
in the first paragraph.
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覚える is like remember and 見覚える is like recognize. As mentioned in the a above
comments the phrase 見覚えがある is a clue to this. That being said I'm not sure if
見覚える as a verb gets any real contemporary use. Some Googling shows that the
phrase 見て覚える turns up occasionally, however this has the meaning of "learn by
watching."
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