Answer
Answer verb - To do what is required by the terms of.
Usage example: I don't have a box cutter as such, but will this knife answer the purpose?
Default
Default verb - Fail to pay up.
How words are described
| best | best answer | best default |
| usual | usual answer | usual default |
| common | common answer | common default |
| original | original answer | original default |
| Other adjectives: real, big, unique, possible, expected, previous. | ||
Common collocations
| wishes | answer wishes | default wishes |
Both words in one sentence
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Especially when they keep trying to default to magic as an answer for everything while he explains the best he can.
Source: Fan Fic / Your Human and You - That's the default answer for some questions on the Headscratchers section.
Source: Administrivia / Default Answer - A a sub with a monster head riveted onto it is the default answer to the enigma of Loch Ness might seem cheesy.
Source: Not the Nessie
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