Activity and Function

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Activity noun - Energetic movement of the body for the sake of physical fitness.

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Function is a synonym for activity in business topic. In some cases you can use "Function" instead a noun "Activity".

Nearby Words: action, active, activate, actively, activist

Function noun - The action for which a person or thing is specially fitted or used or for which a thing exists.

Usage example: that machine's function is to sort bolts by size

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Activity is a synonym for function in purpose topic. Sometimes you can use "Activity" instead a noun "Function", if it concerns topics such as capacity, business, responsibility.

physical	physical activity	physical function
particular	particular activity	particular function
similar	similar activity	similar function
normal	normal activity	normal function
Other adjectives: specific, regular, certain, actual, little, main, social, new, mental, military, primary.

Star Trek Into Darkness: Starfleet is usually "good" because its primary function is exploration, and its only forays into military activity are morally acceptable, like evac or defensive combat.

Source: Armies Are Evil aka: The Evil Army
Which proved problematic because the human brain isn't supposed to function that way: eventually it would have basically caused a permanent seizure, so once brain activity got to the ascension threshold, it was basically a matter of "ascend or die."

Source: 90% of Your Brain
For Advance, you can put the main character in jail willingly to serve time if he has any yellow cards on his record, but this also means that all clan related activity is halted since they cannot function without the main character leading them.

Source: Can't Drop the Hero

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