Appear and Lighten

Appear

Appear verb - To come into view.

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

Nearby Words: appearance, appearing

Lighten verb - To become glad or hopeful.

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Appear and lighten are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appear" instead a verb "Lighten".

Nearby Words: light, lightly, lightness, lighter, lightening

people	appear people	lighten people
nature	appear nature	lighten nature
scene	appear scene	lighten scene
bit	appear bit	lighten bit
Other words: game, color, humans.

On the other hand, it can appear in more serious works, either to lighten the mood of a moment or to punctuate the gravity of the situation.

Source: Head Desk
Character Development: Thanks to the need to lighten her so she could appear in stuff outside of the MAX imprint (see bellow in Lighter and Softer), the Jessica of Alias is very different than the Jessica of New Avengers.

Source: Comic Book / Jessica Jones

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