Accept
Accept verb - To agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly.
Start and accept are semantically related. in launch into topic. In some cases you can use "Start" instead a verb "Accept".
Start
Start verb - To move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise).
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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You, Get Me Coffee: Pawn-12 immediately offers to get you coffee and is thrilled if you accept and start ordering him around.
Source: Video Game / Consortium -
Becomes a Type 7 when the 4 girls accept his confession and start dating him (everything in the first chapter, no less!).
- Asa has huge demon powers and they start awakening, but Asa refuses to accept them, despite how the Power Incontinence is killing her.
Source: Broken Bird / Anime and Manga
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