Aid
Aid verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Contest
Contest verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.
How words are described
| actual | actual aid | actual contest |
| real | real aid | real contest |
| little | little aid | little contest |
| quick | quick aid | quick contest |
| Other adjectives: ultimate, possible, international. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Despite (technically) winning the contest against Muhyo, Goryo's plan to corner Ark fails miserably, forcing Muhyo to come to his aid.
Source: Smug Snake / Anime and Manga -
He leaded aid to Sting against the heel stable Immortal, and held a contest with Flair to see who could bleed the most.
Source: Wrestling / Mick Foley -
A Kool-Aid ad campaign in the '90s involved a contest for which kids procuring a map and watching the commercials for clues to where Scorch was hiding.
Source: Anthropomorphic Personification
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