Apply and Waste

Apply

Apply verb - To have a relation or connection.

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

Waste

Waste verb - Use inefficiently or inappropriately.
Usage example: waste a joke on an unappreciative audience

Apply and waste are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Apply" instead a verb "Waste".

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

power apply power waste power
amount apply amount waste amount
time apply time waste time
spell apply spell waste spell
Other words: skills, abilities, amounts.

Both words in one sentence

  • He can apply constant pressure using spit and his auto attack, and can force people out of lane prematurely and make them waste health packs because of the poison he applies.
  • Literature / Beggars in Spain To the Sleepless, Muggles aren't human: not because they have to waste a third of their life in comatose nonproductivity, but because they prefer to Wangst and bask in the culture of entitlement rather than apply themselves.
  • Video Game / Heroes of the Storm The bonus objectives are too powerful to ignore—unlike in League of Legends or Dota 2, where they simply consist of Last Disc Magic you can waste, most HotS bonuses will apply damage directly to your opponent's structures—and they becomes a major focus of each match.
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