Ability and Benefit

Ability

Ability noun - The physical or mental power to do something.

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Benefit and ability are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Benefit" instead a noun "Ability".

Nearby Word: able

Benefit noun - A thing that helps.

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Ability and benefit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Benefit".

human	human ability	human benefit
good	good ability	good benefit
full	full ability	full benefit
special	special ability	special benefit
Other adjectives: best, particular, similar, normal, specific, actual, real, great, little, main, ultimate, apparent, secondary, extra, additional, greater, primary, different, magical, tactical.

Some have an ability called "Liquid Ooze" which will cause Leech Seed and other moves with health-draining effects to instead reduce the HP of the Pokémon that would otherwise benefit from them.

Source: Standard Status Effects
Note that these are pre-scripted cut-scenes that only check if you have the skill activated— you still gain no benefit from pumping points into it other than the ability to use it

Source: Useless Useful Stealth
When he resurfaced in the third series of Jack Harkness exploited his ability for the team's benefit.

Source: Good Thing You Can Heal

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