Ability and Worth

Ability

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

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

Nearby Word: able

Worth noun - The relative usefulness or importance of something as judged by specific qualities.

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Ability and worth are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Worth".

Nearby Words: worthless, worthy, worthiness, wort

human	human ability	human worth
good	good ability	good worth
rare	rare ability	rare worth
full	full ability	full worth
Other adjectives: special, best, long, original, powerful, actual, real, great, little, innate, inherent, new, apparent, less, extra, greater, different.

In Dungeons & Dragons, the Regeneration ability changes normal damage into subdual damage and the ability to recover so many Hit Points' worth of subdual damage per round.

Source: Healing Factor
This ability would not be even remotely useful if it caused a normal WoW death, and there is naturally no ability in the game worth destroying your character in order to use.

Source: Final Death
Many breadwinners, almost always male, derive most of their sense of self-worth and achievement from their ability to bring home the bacon.

Source: Unconfessed Unemployment

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