Apply and Perform

Apply

Apply verb - To have a relation or connection.

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

Perform verb - To carry through (as a process) to completion.

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Apply and perform are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Apply" instead a verb "Perform".

technique	apply technique	perform technique
job	apply job	perform job
time	apply time	perform time
way	apply way	perform way
Other words: spell, maintenance, techniques.

And while all other characters that perform their standard attacks will stay in place or travel a short, fixed distance, this doesn't apply for Mega Man.

Source: Mechanically Unusual Fighter
In Spider-Man The Movie: The Video Game, one of the moves you can perform on a Mook is an inverted suplex, that because Peter can do whatever a spider can, Ol' Web-Head will apply the facelock while sitting on the guy's shoulders.

Source: Wrestler in All of Us
The trope may still apply when they still have to perform their teen pop hits onstage, or should a portion of their fandom or marketing still contain traces of their previous image, and may provide Mood Whiplash if a Greatest Hits Album is released.

Source: Grandfather Clause

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