Ability and Tendency

Ability

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

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

Nearby Word: able

Tendency noun - An established pattern of behavior.

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Ability and tendency are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Tendency".

human	human ability	human tendency
good	good ability	good tendency
high	high ability	high tendency
physical	physical ability	physical tendency
Other adjectives: long, particular, similar, common, natural, certain, strong, real, extreme, great, little, remarkable, new, general, apparent, less, unusual, greater, uncanny, strange.

However, their pre-existing distrust of him, combined with his acting ability and tendency to keep his motives to himself, have the effect of convincing them that his motives are a lot worse than they actually are, in this movie, at least.

Source: Motive Misidentification
Lee from S.S.D.D is a clone (most of which can't even talk) who can best be described as "flaky", and his tendency to stab himself with forks once his ability to feel pain is restored.

Source: Cloud Cuckoolander / Web Comics
Two recurring traits among said Replicas are the ability to drain power from other people, and a tendency towards feeling incomplete or "borrowed".

Source: Artificial Human

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