Ability and Response

Ability

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

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

Nearby Word: able

Response noun - Action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior.

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Ability and response are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Response".

Nearby Words: responsive, responsible, respond

human	human ability	human response
good	good ability	good response
physical	physical ability	physical response
special	special ability	special response
Other adjectives: best, better, similar, normal, common, natural, specific, certain, standard, original, poor, strong, actual, real, great, unique, mental, general, different, tactical.

The Empath: Man-Thing's main form of interpersonal interaction is his ability to sense emotions, which triggers an instinctive response.

Source: Comicbook / Man-Thing
This means most people will follow leaders based on their ability to evoke that response rather than their ability to encourage survival.

Source: Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions
In Monsters In Paradise, this has become the characters' stock response to anything absurd enough to break their thought processes, such as Skarmory's ability cancelling out Flandre's.

Source: Flat "What."

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