Add and Defy

Add

Add verb - To join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase.

Defy and add are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Defy" instead a verb "Add".

Nearby Words: added, adding

Defy

Defy verb - To go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of.

Add and defy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Add" instead a verb "Defy".

Nearby Words: defied, defying

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

sense add sense defy sense
point add point defy point
time add time defy time
rules add rules defy rules
Other words: tropes.
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