Affect and Utilize

Affect

Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

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Utilize and affect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Utilize" instead a verb "Affect".

Utilize verb - To put into action or service.

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Affect and utilize are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Utilize".

ability	affect ability	utilize ability
way	affect way	utilize way
speed	affect speed	utilize speed
characters	affect characters	utilize characters
Other words: skills, units, powers, creatures, abilities.

Necessary Drawback: The nature of the Sensate's power allow them to experience joy and love with each other and utilize each other's skills and knowledge, but at the same time grief, loneliness, confusion, and pain will also affect them.

Source: Series / Sense8
San Dimas Time: The game seems to utilize this trope to an extent: The three main characters are stuck in the present, 200 years in the past, and 200 years in the future respectively, and events that happen in the past affect the characters in the future.

Source: Video Game / Day of the Tentacle

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