Attain and Develop

Attain

Attain verb - To obtain (as a goal) through effort.

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Develop and attain are semantically related in obtain topic. In some cases you can use "Develop" instead a verb "Attain".

Develop verb - To come to have gradually.

Usage example: the youngster developed a taste for green olives

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Attain and develop are semantically related in obtain topic. Sometimes you can use "Attain" instead a verb "Develop".

ability	attain ability	develop ability
skill	attain skill	develop skill
power	attain power	develop power
life	attain life	develop life
Other words: form, way, magic, version, sentience, skills, powers.

Some heroes train non-stop to develop Charles Atlas Superpowers, often using Training from Hell to attain herculean feats of skill.

Source: Enlightenment Superpowers
While certain animals slowly swap gender to maintain a reproductive equity and humans given intensive hormone therapy from infancy can develop the other gender's characteristics, gender neutrality is not exactly easy to attain, much less maintain.

Source: Manga / Knights of Sidonia

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