Ability and Tension

Ability

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

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

Nearby Word: able

Tension noun - The burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time.

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Ability and tension are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Tension".

Nearby Words: tense, tensing, tensed, tenseness, tensely

good	good ability	good tension
high	high ability	high tension
similar	similar ability	similar tension
certain	certain ability	certain tension
Other adjectives: powerful, actual, real, increased, extreme, great, little, main, general, extra, additional, primary, racial.

It's even creepier when you have the No Encounters ability equipped, preventing random encounters from breaking the tension.

Source: Video Game / Final Fantasy X
In Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, it is implied early on that Apollo's ability to Perceive tension and nervous tics in his witnesses is thanks to his bracelet.

Source: Magic Feather
Michelangelo Kusanagi-Jones from Carnival by Elizabeth Bear has this ability; it causes tension with his lover, who is a Living Lie Detector.

Source: Consummate Liar

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