Apply
Apply verb - To have a relation or connection.
Usage example: does your rule about calling home apply to me as well?
Link
Link verb - To put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Someone external to the wiki might be trying to apply the trope as descriptive of the real person, though, and as long as we can cite and link to where they made the attempt (attribute it, that is), then the trope can be listed.
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Interestingly, instead of throwing away the gem that cursed Link in the first place, they hold onto it, and apply and remove it using the Master Sword to switch forms.
Source: Animorphism - The same could technically apply to the Fused Shadows in the context of the Hyrulians, but for Link and Midna it's more like Break Out the Museum Piece.
Cite this Source
Link and Apply. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/apply/link
Apply & Link. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/apply/link>.
Link or Apply. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/apply/link.
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