Act and Look

Act

Act verb - To give the impression of being.

Usage example: always acting helpless, just to get attention

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Look and act are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Look" instead the word "Act" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: acting, acted

Look verb - To give the impression of being.

Usage example: it looks like it might rain

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Act and look are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead the word "Look" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: lookout, looked, looker, looking, lookup

old	old act	old look
good	good act	good look
nice	nice act	nice look
similar	similar act	similar look
Other adjectives: certain, original, single, real, big, great, evil, little, innocent, last.

people	act people	look people
human	act human	look human
part	act part	look part
time	act time	look time
Other words: way, bit, evil, little, nothing, age, times, ways.

After the third game, you start to notice a pattern: Some of these guys look or act similar to a boss from the last few games.

Source: Recurring Boss Template
This creature normally doesn't look or act like an enemy, and unlike everything else, it's not interested in your blood.

Source: Savage Setpiece
Human Aliens: Other than green skin and pointy ears, all aliens in the story look/act like regular sims.

Source: Fan Fic / An Astronomical Alphabetacy

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