Advance
Advance verb - To give to another for temporary use with the understanding that it or a like thing will be returned.
Revert
Revert verb - To go back to a previous and usually lower state or level.
Usage example: after the national emergency had passed, the political parties abandoned their shotgun unity and reverted to their partisan squabbling
Common collocations
| humanity | advance humanity | revert humanity |
| character | advance character | revert character |
| progress | advance progress | revert progress |
| characters | advance characters | revert characters |
| Other words: powers. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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In The Drowned City, Sea Quest battles don't cause the in-game clock to advance — or rather, it may move forward during the battle itself, only to revert to its original setting once the fight's finished.
Source: Video Game / Etrian Odyssey -
In Contra Advance, the GBA version of Contra III, the player drops his previous weapon whenever he picks up a new one, allowing him to revert back to his previous weapon if the new one is not to his liking, much like in the post-Dracula X Castlevania games.
Source: Mutually Exclusive Powerups
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