Bends and Shifts

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Bends noun - Pain resulting from rapid change in pressure.

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Shifts and bends are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shifts" instead the word "Bends" as a noun or a verb.

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Bends and shifts are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bends" instead the word "Shifts" as a noun or a verb.

Note that this is one of the few shows that Hand Wave away the fact that invisibility causes blindness: It's said that though the "quicksilver" that makes Darien invisible bends all visible light around him, it lets in (and frequency-shifts) ultraviolet light which allows him to see.

Source: Invisibility aka: Invisible

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Shifts or Bends. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bends/shifts.

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