Ability and Substance

Ability

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

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

Nearby Word: able

Substance noun - The basic elements from which something can be developed.

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Ability and substance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Substance".

physical	physical ability	physical substance
rare	rare ability	rare substance
special	special ability	special substance
similar	similar ability	similar substance
Other adjectives: common, specific, certain, single, powerful, actual, real, little, new, useful, unusual, strange, different, magical.

The villainous Absorbing Man (usually a foe of The Avengers) has a similar ability, and can turn himself into any substance he can touch.

Source: Taken for Granite
Deoxys from Pokémon is shown to have this ability as long as its brain, the gem-like substance that protrudes from its chest (Which is pretty much indestructible anyway), is still active.

Source: From a Single Cell
Hank takes care of Charles 24/7, and they are frightfully codependent because McCoy enables his friend's substance abuse after he produces a serum which dulls Xavier's mutant ability.

Source: Characters / X-Men Film Series: Professor Charles Xavier aka: Professor Charles Francis Xavier

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