Apply
Apply verb - To have a relation or connection.
Call
Call verb - To speak so as to be heard at a distance.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Dave asks for his one phone call only to be told they don't apply in espionage cases.
Source: One Phone Call - People poking fun at its modern military record and history of failing to meaningfully apply effective force call it Surrenderistan.
Source: Fan Nickname -
Columbia Pictures had to apply for the rights to call its 1984 movie Ghostbusters, and after its success, Filmation revived the series in animated format, now called simply Ghostbusters.
Source: Creator / Filmation
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Call and Apply. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/apply/call
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Call or Apply. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/apply/call.
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