Approach and Influence

Approach

Approach noun - An established course for traveling from one place to another.

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Influence and approach are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Influence" instead the word "Approach" as a noun or a verb.

Influence noun - The power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly.

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Approach and influence are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approach" instead the word "Influence" as a noun or a verb.

good	good approach	good influence
direct	direct approach	direct influence
dark	dark approach	dark influence
subtle	subtle approach	subtle influence
Other adjectives: personal, new, less.

person	approach person	influence person
character	approach character	influence character
life	approach life	influence life
work	approach work	influence work
Other words: man, way, speed, characters, world, humans.

The early novels in the Night Watch series were all about this: as their Power Levels approach godhood, Others lose the ability to influence events directly without causing a reality warp.

Source: Cosmic Chess Game aka: Divine Chess
Sam can approach this, especially when the darkness introduced into him as a baby gains more influence on him.

Source: Jerkass / Live-Action TV
Moonsorrow - Melodic black/folk metal, with substantial Progressive Metal influence from Verisäkeet on (three of their songs approach 30 minutes in length, one of them being seconds over that)

Source: Folk Metal

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