Based and Supported

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Based adjective - Having a base.

Usage example: firmly based ice

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Supported and based are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Supported" instead the word "Based" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: base, basing

Supported adjective - Held up or having the weight borne especially from below.

Usage example: supported joints in a railroad track have ties directly under the rail ends

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Based and supported are semantically related. You can use "Based" instead the word "Supported" as an adjective or a noun.

Nacho Libre was loosely (very, very loosely) based on the life of Fray Tormenta, a real-life monk-turned-luchador who supported an orphanage by wrestling for 23 years.

Source: Very Loosely Based on a True Story
The film is called China Cry: A True Story and even IMDb reports it as "based on a true story", despite uncertainty about the truth of its divine intervention incidents, being based on the autobiography of the woman who's the main character, and apparently not being well supported by evidence.

Source: Based on a Great Big Lie
Kyouya/Tamaki/Haruhi, and at least based on the show, this one is perhaps the closest to being supported.

Source: One True Threesome

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