Act and Feel

Act

Act verb - To give the impression of being.

Usage example: always acting helpless, just to get attention

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Feel and act are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Feel" instead a verb "Act".

Nearby Words: acting, acted

Feel verb - To give the impression of being.

Usage example: it felt like a good idea at the time

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Act and feel are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead a verb "Feel".

Nearby Words: feeling, feelingly

old	old act	old feel
good	good act	good feel
similar	similar act	similar feel
certain	certain act	certain feel
Other adjectives: original, genuine, entire, tough, little, new, last.

power	act power	feel power
part	act part	feel part
good	act good	feel good
time	act time	feel time
Other words: way, bit, little, nothing, emotions.

The rules are much more on board with having fun with what you've got, rather than dictating how your character should act or feel about them.

Source: Cybernetics Eat Your Soul
She was a Fem Bot (or rather a Humongous Mecha-sized Robot Girl) fully autonomous, capable to think, feel and act on her own was meant to be Mazinger-Z's Battle Couple.

Source: Broken Bird / Anime and Manga
The Empath: Kirihume is very in tune with how people act and feel regarding a particular situation.

Source: Light Novel / Dog & Scissors

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