Act and Urge

Act

Act verb - To present a portrayal or performance of.

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

Nearby Words: acting, acted

Urge verb - To try to persuade (someone) through earnest appeals to follow a course of action.

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Act and urge are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act" instead a verb "Urge".

Nearby Words: urged, urging

physical	physical act	physical urge
common	common act	common urge
genuine	genuine act	genuine urge
real	real act	real urge
Other adjectives: violent, big, great, sexual, new, heroic, desperate, last, occasional.

Peeping Toms are often driven by a fetishistic urge, deriving pleasure not just from the act of spying itself, but from the thrill of the potential for getting caught.

Source: The Peeping Tom
Even after she learns to act like a normal human being, she still gets the urge to do so.

Source: Skinship Grope
After the sixth Lemon, however, most of the fans no longer found it funny, so while Sanji still gets the urge to kill Luffy, the crew makes sure he can't act on it.

Source: Fanfic / Luffy's Renewed Adventure

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