Answer
Answer verb - To speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction.
Use
Use verb - To put into action or service.
How words are described
| best | best answer | best use |
| particular | particular answer | particular use |
| better | better answer | better use |
| usual | usual answer | usual use |
| Other adjectives: common, original, correct, proper, straight, single, obvious, popular, actual, real, general, possible, intended, different, literal. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Any time you think one of your opponents doesn't know the answer to a question, you can use your screw to force that player to answer.
Source: Video Game / You Don't Know Jack - Nanny Ogg throws a stick, illustrating the point Granny was making — a large part of witchcraft is knowing when not to use magic and instead solve problems using simpler, more mundane methods (the answer to that, incidentally, is "most of the time").
Source: When You Snatch the Pebble - The answer to the second is Frosty the Snowman, though the image they use is of a generic snowman.
Source: Shout Out / Western Animation
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