Ability and Stock

Ability

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

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

Nearby Word: able

Stock noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.

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Ability and stock are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Stock".

human	human ability	human stock
good	good ability	good stock
rare	rare ability	rare stock
full	full ability	full stock
Other adjectives: particular, similar, common, standard, original, real, great, new, extra, basic, different, racial, super.

Her ability, The Abyss Diver, is a stock system similar to Platinum's above that revolves around her casting three types of elemental magic (Fire, Wind, and Water).

Source: Confusion Fu
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."
Due to the mechanics of a Kirby game, a boss might take several dozen hits from a normal ability, but only need a couple from the stock inhale-spit out combo that you default to without an ability.

Source: Difficult but Awesome

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