Appear and Exist

Appear

Appear verb - To come into existence.

Usage example: the benefits of the exercise program should appear almost immediately

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Exist and appear are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Exist" instead a verb "Appear".

Nearby Words: appearance, appearing

Exist verb - To have life.

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Appear and exist are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appear" instead a verb "Exist".

Nearby Words: existence, existing

people	appear people	exist people
thanks	appear thanks	exist thanks
place	appear place	exist place
form	appear form	exist form
Other words: moment, time, way, level, world, evil, nothing, side, version, eyes, times.

These are all genres where a swastika has no real reason to appear or exist besides for humorous purposes.

Source: No Swastikas
Monster Closet Enemies hiding in areas that shouldn't even exist and appear not to with no way for them to have got in there to begin with.

Source: Video Game Difficulty Tropes
This scene doesn't exist in Redux, as Aesop is one of the finalists instead, Sean has another role as one of the members of Merlow's resistance, and Cyrus and Gerald don't appear in Redux at all.

Source: Fan Fic / Yu-Gi-Oh! The Thousand Year Door

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