Act and Occur

Act

Act verb - To present a portrayal or performance of.

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

Nearby Words: acting, acted

Occur verb - To take place.

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Act and occur are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead a verb "Occur".

power	act power	occur power
life	act life	occur life
control	act control	occur control
place	act place	occur place
Other words: plot, number, time, way, example, bit, times, ways.

The Queen's goal to be free to act on her desires, but with Jade's cunning is similar to the Jackie Chan Adventures fanfiction Queen of All Oni (by the same author), in which this DOES occur.

Source: Fan Fic / A Shadow of the Titans
If anything, his only Book Dumb moments occur as an excuse to give Sam a reason to nag, an act that is all but pointless by that point.

Source: Positive Discrimination
So it is that the act can occur at a pivotal moment in the middle of a war or as the final blow at the end of one.

Source: Salt the Earth

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