Answer
Answer noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.
Request
Request noun - An act or instance of asking for information.
Usage example: the medical columnist is unable to answer individual requests for specific information on various disorders
How words are described
| direct | direct answer | direct request |
| original | original answer | original request |
| reasonable | reasonable answer | reasonable request |
| single | single answer | single request |
| Other adjectives: simple, stupid, popular, actual, quick, easy, final, official, next, last, latter, different, previous. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Butlertron: Before you kill me, I have one request: can you answer a multiple choice question?
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Also possibly unintentional, when Fairy Godmother's receptionist, Jerome, exasperatedly presses the PA button to answer to her meal request, he does it with his middle finger.
Source: Western Animation / Shrek 2 -
The teacher tries again, and once again the ghost and the cat answer, with yet another request for a Panty Shot.
Source: Manga / Re-Kan!
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