Ability
Ability noun - The physical or mental power to do something.
Resource is a synonym for ability in capability topic. In some cases you can use "Resource" instead a noun "Ability".
Nearby Word: able
Resource
Resource noun - Something that one uses to accomplish an end especially when the usual means is not available.
Ability is a synonym for resource in capability topic. You can use "Ability" instead a noun "Resource", if it concerns topics such as ingenuity, quick-wittedness, supply drawn upon.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
How words are described
| good | good ability | good resource |
| high | high ability | high resource |
| rare | rare ability | rare resource |
| special | special ability | special resource |
| Other adjectives: particular, similar, common, natural, specific, standard, single, powerful, real, great, little, main, new, unique, useful, secondary, primary, strange, basic, magical. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Specialized ammunition was shown to be a consumable resource instead of a passive ability and as such could be turned on or off at will.
Source: Dummied Out / Mass Effect - She has no true resource, but her resource meter instead displays the status of her passive, which gives her a revved up status every two spellcasts that damage an enemy unit, supplying her next ability with additional effects.
Source: Video Game / Infinite Crisis - Numenera has Might, Speed, and Intellect, which are simultaneously resource pools for three types of ability checks and the game's Multiple Life Bars.
Source: Three-Stat System
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