Appreciate and Keep

Appreciate

Appreciate verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.

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Keep and appreciate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Appreciate".

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Appreciate and keep are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appreciate" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

attention	appreciate attention	keep attention
power	appreciate power	keep power
life	appreciate life	keep life
people	appreciate people	keep people
Other words: body, family, name, someone, show, time, fact, way, game, story.

Also keep in mind that you can genuinely appreciate and respect an author and still think their colouring isn't as good as their drawing style.

Source: They Wasted a Perfectly Good Line Art
As a result, clever use of a Double Entendre can keep a show "family-friendly" by allowing children to appreciate the joke on one (non-sexual) level while adults enjoy it on another level.

Source: Double Entendre
Though turtles don't usually appreciate being handled, and carnivorous ones can take fingers off if they're big enough (so keep your hands away from their faces).

Source: Herbivores Are Friendly

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