The difference between Aが見える and Bを見る


What is the difference between Aが見える and Bを見る?

Is there anything tricky about this?

Can you illustrate with examples?




The simplest explanation for the difference is that in Aが見る A is the subject
(the one who looks) while in Bを見る B is the object (the one who is looked at).

Example with 食べた:

> 鳥が食べた.  
>  The bird ate [something].
>
> 鳥を食べた.  
>  [Something] ate the bird.

EDIT:

Updating my answer, since the question has changed in a fundamental way.

As stated in phirru's answer, 見える is an intransitive verb that means "to/can
be seen". It refers to state of the noun subject as being visible. It's
basically different from 見る, which is a transitive verb that means "to
see/look" which refers to the act of seeing/looking. In short, 見える is a state
while 見る is an act.

Like other intransitive verbs, 見える takes a が particle but not を. 見る on the
other hand can take both particles depending on whether the preceding nouns
are the subject or object of the "look" action, as I've shown in my original
answer above.




The simplest explanation for the difference is that in Aが見る A is the subject
(the one who looks) while in Bを見る B is the object (the one who is looked at).

Example with 食べた:

> 鳥が食べた.  
>  The bird ate [something].
>
> 鳥を食べた.  
>  [Something] ate the bird.

EDIT:

Updating my answer, since the question has changed in a fundamental way.

As stated in phirru's answer, 見える is an intransitive verb that means "to/can
be seen". It refers to state of the noun subject as being visible. It's
basically different from 見る, which is a transitive verb that means "to
see/look" which refers to the act of seeing/looking. In short, 見える is a state
while 見る is an act.

Like other intransitive verbs, 見える takes a が particle but not を. 見る on the
other hand can take both particles depending on whether the preceding nouns
are the subject or object of the "look" action, as I've shown in my original
answer above.

