Aura and Shade

Aura

Aura noun - A special quality or impression associated with something.

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Shade and aura are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shade" instead a noun "Aura".

Nearby Words: aural, auric

Shade noun - Partial darkness due to the obstruction of light rays.

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Aura and shade are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Aura" instead a noun "Shade".

Nearby Words: shadow, shady, shaded, shading, shad

pure	pure aura	pure shade
distinctive	distinctive aura	distinctive shade
natural	natural aura	natural shade
certain	certain aura	certain shade
Other adjectives: standard, light, green, bright, strong, intense, blue, slight, white, unique, yellow, orange, different, golden, pink, giant, red, purple.

Yume Nijino's name for example contains "rainbow", alluding to her aura which consists of many rainbows, while pink-haired Rola Sakuraba's contains "sakura", a shade of pink.

Source: Video Game / Aikatsu Stars
Defensive Djinn like Flash, Granite, and Shade create an aura that for one turn drastically reduces all damage your party receives in any form.

Source: Boring But Practical / Videogames
In the World of Mana series, the world's magic is governed by eight elemental spirits: Gnome (earth), Undine (water), Sylphid/Jinn (wind), Salamander (fire), Lumina (light), Shade (darkness), Luna or Aura (the moon or gold, respectively), and Dryad (wood/Mana).

Source: Elemental Powers

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