Ability and Deed

Ability

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

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

Nearby Word: able

Deed

Deed noun - An act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness.

Ability and deed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Deed".

Nearby Words: deeded, deeding

How words are described

physical physical ability physical deed
particular particular ability particular deed
similar similar ability similar deed
common common ability common deed
Other adjectives: specific, certain, single, actual, real, great, little, new, final, hidden, said.

Both words in one sentence

  • A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read Fables-Kay has the ability to see every evil deed someone has done by looking at them.
  • The Magus has the option to get a Swashbuckler deed and use their arcane pool points as panache points to use the ability.
  • Pinkie's "I Am" Song from "A Friend in Deed" seems to be the Alternate Universe option, but the rest of the songs seem to come from her Reality Warper ability to just spontaneously create random music.
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