Advantage and Merit

Advantage

Advantage noun - The more favorable condition or position in a competition.

Merit is a synonym for advantage in benefit topic. In some cases you can use "Merit" instead a noun "Advantage".

Merit

Merit noun - A quality that gives something special worth.
Usage example: this mystery novel at least has the merit of an original plot

Advantage is a synonym for merit in good point topic. You can use "Advantage" instead a noun "Merit".

Nearby Words: merited, meriting

How words are described

special special advantage special merit
particular particular advantage particular merit
considerable considerable advantage considerable merit
true true advantage true merit
Other adjectives: single, sheer, obvious, actual, real, great, serious, huge, little, personal, new, major, useful, possible, military, extra, significant, greater, strategic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Under the current rules, the referee can award anything he deems necessary to negate the advantage a team gained by cheating overt enough to merit a "Palpably Unfair Act" penalty.
  • Distracted by the Sexy The "Sexualized" merit in Vampire: The Requiem lets characters use this to their advantage, at the cost of dealing with the fallout from the occasional Stupid Sexy Flanders moments they inflict on people around them.
  • Tabletop Game / Promethean: The Created The Merit "Residual Memories" can turn this into an advantage for a time.
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