Action and Wish

Action

Action noun - Something done by someone.

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Wish and action are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wish" instead a noun "Action".

Nearby Words: active, activity, acting, acted, actively

Wish noun - An expression of some desire or inclination.

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Action and wish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Action" instead a noun "Wish".

Nearby Words: wished, wishful, wishing, wishfully, wisher

similar	similar action	similar wish
normal	normal action	normal wish
specific	specific action	specific wish
right	right action	right wish
Other adjectives: current, free, single, simple, stupid, actual, real, evil, little, bad, main, major, possible, final, extra, next, last, different.

In comparison to Turn-Based Strategy, Real Time Strategy has players take action whenever they wish (within the constraints of how often any particular action can be taken).

Source: Real-Time Strategy
She's down to her third and final wish, and after she makes that wish he'll be free to run amok and destroy the world, and he's forcing her to take action by murdering and torturing people around the heroine.

Source: Did You Just Scam Cthulhu?
A positive example occurs in an episode of My Name Is Earl where Earl helps a dying boy whose wish is to write & star in a Jame Bond-esqe spy action thriller film.

Source: Vanity Project

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