Apply and Pass

Apply

Apply verb - To have a relation or connection.

Pass and apply are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pass" instead a verb "Apply".

Pass

Pass verb - To shift possession of (something) from one person to another.

Apply and pass are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Apply" instead a verb "Pass".

Nearby Words: passage, passed, passing, passable

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

power apply power pass power
knowledge apply knowledge pass knowledge
time apply time pass time
way apply way pass way
Other words: level, law, times, skills, powers.

Both words in one sentence

  • Ones that are particularly cruel apply Rapid Aging once you pass the boundary (see also No Immortal Inertia).
  • Also, when he first tried to apply the ETH Zürich (a science and technology university) he did not pass the entrance exam, because it was written in French.
    Source: Book Dumb
  • Our Werewolves Are Different All but one of the werewolves are male, and they pass the gene down to their sons (daughters need not apply).
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